Today, EFCC submitted its position on the revision of the REACH Regulation to the European Commission. We believe that no major revision is necessary, as the current REACH Regulation already ensures a high level of protection for human health and the environment. However, some targeted improvements could be incorporated based on the experience gained over the past years.

EFCC members were disappointed to learn, when the Commission presented the latest version of the planned revision measures in early April, that only minor changes were made compared to earlier drafts - despite the fact that these proposals would impose a significant burden on industry. The high-level commitments to a “drastic reduction of regulatory and administrative burdens,” as outlined in the Clean Industrial Deal and reaffirmed in the Competitiveness Compass roadmap, are not reflected in the current proposals. Moreover, no impact assessment was presented to demonstrate how these measures would affect industrial competitiveness.