The ZeroPM Regulatory Watch reflects on all that has happened regarding updating EU policy for PFAS and PMT/vPvM substances in 2024 in this new report, as well as things to watch out for in 2025.
Initiatives adopted in 2024
- Extended Polluter Responsibility system and PFAS monitoring in recast Directive on Urban Wastewater Treatment
- Restriction on Food Contact Packaging containing PFAS in recast Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
- Publication of the Commission Communication on the Essential Use Concept
- Update of CLP guidance with information on new hazard classes, including PMT/vPvM
Main ongoing initiatives to follow in 2025
Legislative Procedures
- Chemicals industry package and revision of the REACH Regulation
- Revision of the water legislation
- Revision of the EU general pharmaceuticals legislation
- Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive
- ‘One Substance, One Assessment’ legislative package
- Toy Safety Regulation
Delegated and implementing acts
- General PFAS restriction
- Restriction of PFAS in firefighting foams
- First harmonised classifications for PMT/vPvM hazard classes: TFA
- Ban of pesticide active substance degrading into TFA
- First Ecodesign for Sustainable Product Regulation (ESPR) working plan
Communications and strategies
- Commission Roadmap to phase out animal testing in chemical safety assessments
- European Water Resilience Strategy
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