🤝 EPP, S&D and Renew have agreed on compromise amendments to the simplification of the cosmetics safety regulation.
💄 The compromise brings it closer to the Council's negotiation mandate.
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🇪🇺ECHA’s expert committees back that the most appropriate action is an EU-wide ban on all PFAS.
🛑RAC & SEAC agree that all #PFAS are hazardous and that there is no safe level of emissions.
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#chemicalregulation #foreverchemicals
⚠️EU chemical manufacturers are most exposed to increases in fossil fuel prices.
🐌The EU chemicals industry has been slow to move away from fossil fuels, which are used as feedstock and an energy source.
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‼️ The UK has recently adopted a ban on lead in ammunition, putting it ahead of the EU, which has already delayed its decision on the regulation by several years.
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🚫 The EU Commission’s new law to boost industrial capacity will exclude chemicals for now.
💶 The proposal requires public procurement and support schemes to favour goods meeting specific standards for low-carbon and ‘Made in Europe’ content.
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📣 Economy Ministers from Germany and Poland have called for free allowances for the chemical industry to continue under the European Emissions Trading System.
🗓️ Under the current system, free allowances will be phased out by 2034.
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🧠A new report from @eea.europa.eu links #ChemicalPollution to #MentalHealth issues such as anxiety, depression and schizophrenia.
The report analysed 8 groups of chemicals, including #PFAS, #bisphenols, and some #HeavyMetals.
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📣 “Ban PFAS now!”
🪧A group of citizens from #PFAS hotspots across Europe gathered in protest outside the European Commission this week.
🧳 Groups travelled from France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands.
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❓No clear majority is in sight for the Chemicals #Omnibus in the European Parliament. Options for a majority range from right-leaning to a centre-left alliance.
⚠️ Disagreements are mainly centred on the potential reduction in #HumanHealth protection.
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‼️19 EU local authorities have published a position paper calling for action on PFAS pollution, saying it has become a ‘systemic European challenge’.
⚠️The group includes Lyon, Milan and Berlin, who are all grappling with major PFAS pollution issues.
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🇪🇺 The European Parliament committee on Industry, Research and Energy, met to discuss a study it commissioned on #PFAS in industry, which has received criticism from expert bodies and MEPs.
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❓The #REACHrevision continues to hang in limbo, with uncertainty as to whether the Commission will go ahead with the revision or choose to amend the regulation annexes via comitology.
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📊Analysis from @corportateeurope.org reveals how the chemicals industry has sought to influence the #REACHrevision.
In 2025, the chemicals industry and chemical-intensive downstream users met 93 times with relevant commissioners’ cabinet members on REACH.
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🔀 In a major reshuffle at @echa.europa.eu, almost all directors had their titles changed, and department portfolios were updated.
This is the first big reorganisation under Sharon McGuiness, who has been Executive Director since 2022.
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‼️ Civil society has expressed concerns that the @ec.europa.eu’s ‘better regulation’ principles are being weakened.
This comes after the Ombudsman gave a warning about maladministration, and bypassing consultation and impact assessment rules.
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📉 According to predictions from @cefic.bsky.social, the chemical industry will see a decline of 9% in chemical production capacity.
These figures are based on announced plant closures between 2022-25.
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💄 S&D MEPs and others have proposed adding a ban on #PFAS and endocrine disruptors to the cosmetic products regulation.
The proposal takes advantage of the regulation being opened as part of the ongoing Chemicals #Omnibus.
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🚨MEPs disagree on whether the Chemicals #Omnibus would reduce #HumanHealth protections.
Discussing a draft report from rapporteurs Tsiodras and Müller, @martinhojsik.bsky.social criticised the proposed long transition periods for #CMRs in cosmetics.
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🗂️ A new report from @echa.europa.eu expected in May, will consider whether more Aromatic Brominated #FlameRetardants (ABFRs) could be added to ECHA’s awaited restriction.
Currently, ECHA is preparing a restriction for 5 ABFRs.
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💶 A new study commissioned by the @ec.europa.eu reveals #PFASpollution costs of €1.7 trillion over the next 25 years, if PFAS production and use continue.
This figure includes #healthcosts, and soil and drinking water clean-up costs.
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🔔 The EU industry trade union, @industrialleurope.bsky.social, rings the alarm bell, warning that the chemicals industry is facing mass job losses.
📈They cite high energy prices and global overcapacity as some of the problems they’re facing.
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‼️ Are EU Commissioners Stéphane Séjourné and @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu drifting away from revising REACH?
In the coming weeks, they will continue to meet with political groups on the future of the revision.
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🎬 The new Critical Chemicals Alliance has started its work to address problems in the sector, kicking off with a meeting in the Netherlands.
A steering committee, led by Commission, comprises Member States, industry and trade-unions.
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📢 The CEO of @basf.bsky.social, Markus Kamieth, is the new President of @cefic.bsky.social.
His predecessor was Ilham Kadri of Syensqo, who took over from the previous BASF CEO in 2024.
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🗂️ Joint report from MEPs Tsiodras and Müller stays close to Commission’s proposal for a weakened restriction on #CMR in cosmetics, a key part of the Chemicals #Omnibus.
This is contrary to the Council’s rejection of the proposed deregulations.
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Neues Jahr, neue Regeln zu #PFAS – mehr Infos in unserem neuen #ToxicFree4EU Briefing:
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🇪🇺 2026 will bring new requirements for PFAS pollution and uses across the EU.
🥾 PFAS in products, PFAS in water, PFAS in packaging, PFAS in firefighting foams I…
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📢The EU Environment Council has called again for the Commission to revise and modernise the #REACH regulation.
⏱️The REACH revision has been further delayed until 2026, following the failure of the impact assessment to pass internal quality controls.
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🚨 @europarl.europa.eu committees have voted on compromise amendments to the REACH regulation within the #DefenceOmnibus
🇪🇺 The text will now be voted on in plenary before further negotiations commence.
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