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There are many important Regulatory Watch updates this month on policy action relevant towards Zero Pollution of Persistent, Mobile Substances: Surface and groundwater quality standards for PFAS adopted but not to be complied with before 2039 On 23 September, Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the revision of the Water Framework Directive, the …

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This month there was really one major update on the roll out of the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, and that is the update on the general PFAS restriction proposal! Updated PFAS restriction expands derogations and transitional periods for industrial PFAS uses; eight ‘new’ sectors identified not part of the current restriction On 20 August …

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There are many important Regulatory Watch updates on the roll out of the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability related to persistent and mobile substances this month! EU Court upheld ECHA’s decision to identify Melamine as SVHC Following ECHA’s decision on 16 December 2022 identifying melamine as substances of very high concern (SVHC), several melamine producers …

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