On 6 March 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) issued a proposal to identify triphenyl phosphate as a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) under the EU Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation (available here).
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is proposing to amend Article 6 on Clear and Reasonable Warnings Safe Harbour Methods and Content under Proposition 65. The proposal intends to make the Proposition 65 short-form safe harbour...
The latest version of the proposal of a revision to the F-gas Regulation 2014 provides for a new prohibition of HFCs (such as HFC 152a) as propellants in personal care products (i.e. mousse, creams, foams); if finalised and approved, this provision will come into...
A REACH Restriction, banning the use of solid synthetic polymeric ingredients in consumer products of any kind (which includes cosmetic products) is currently under development within the EU. The Restriction proposal has now been voted by the EU REACH Committee. See...
The EU Commission published on 19 December 2022 a draft proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (EU CLP), which was notified to the WTO on 17 April 2023. The proposed draft is currently undergoing the Ordinary Legislative Procedure, where the EU...