Recently, ECHA Enforcement Forum agreed that its major enforcement project planned for 2022 (REF-10) will focus on integrated controls of consumer products. The Forum agreed that inspectors will be able to check whether products comply with many different restrictions for hazardous substances under REACH and POPs. Specific types of material such as rubber, plastic or textiles, are subject to the duties under REACH and POPs. In this way each product can be controlled by several REACH or POPs requirements which will broaden the scope of controls and strengthening the protection of EU citizens and the environment. This enforcement project will be prepared in 2021, with inspections conducted in 2022 and the report expected at the end of 2023.

This round of law enforcement mainly checks whether consumer products meet the restriction requirements of the following two types of restricted substances:

1. REACH regulations restricted substances

The Annex XVII Restricted Substance List currently contains 75 substances, among them, the newly listed hazardous substances will also be included in the scope of this sampling, such as:

2. Substances controlled by POPs regulations

At present, the POP Regulation ((EU) 2019/1021) Annex I Prohibited Substance List contains a total of 28 Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), and the Annex II Restricted Substance List has not yet included any substances. This round of enforcement will conduct random inspections on the compliance of POPs regulations in consumer products, such as:

The lists of REACH and POP restrictions that will be covered in the project are still under development. Enforcement will not be limited to the substances and restrictions listed in this article.

Enforcers will also check REACH duties for substances in articles requiring that information on substances of very high concern (SVHCs) in products is being communicated in the supply chain.

To promote the integrated enforcement of chemicals legislation, the controls of the project will also allow inspectors to cooperate with authorities responsible for enforcing requirements of the Toy Safety and RoHS directives, which are complementary to REACH and POPs and restrict the presence of certain substances in toys, and electronic and electrical equipment.

In order to ensure the compliance of exported products, it is recommended that companies refer to the full version of the Annex XVII list and SVHCs list of REACH regulations and the list of controlled substances under POP regulations, and take effective compliance measures in a timely manner.

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