Insights On REACH, RoHS & TSCA From Assent Evolve Conference 2022

Compliance & Risks was pleased to participate in Assent Evolve, a conference dedicated to helping complex manufacturers realize deep sustainability across their supply chains – from Product Compliance to ESG.

Stacey Bowers, Manager of C&R’s Global Market Access Team, presented with Cally Edgren, Assent’s Director of Sustainability, on “Forecasts of REACH, RoHS, TSCA & More.”

PFAS Proposals:

During her presentation, Stacey covered the breadth of PFAS legislation under consideration globally, such as on the US federal level; in the US states of California, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Vermont; and at the EU regional level.

Many of these proposals would require registration of intentionally-added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in products and product components and define:

“PFAS” as a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom;
“Product” as an item, including its components, that is manufactured, assembled, packaged or otherwise prepared for sale or distributed, including for personal, residential, commercial or industrial use, or for use in making other products and
“Intentionally added,” meaning that a manufacturer has intentionally added to a product, a product’s components or a product’s ingredients and that have a functional or technical effect on the product, the product’s components or the product’s ingredients.

Further Changes:

Other policy areas covered included:

RoHS proposals in the EU and China and guidance on RoHS in Saudi Arabia;
Further restrictions on “toxic substances,” such as PFOS and PFOA in Canada;
Proposals on asbestos in the US and Taiwan;
France’s new labelling requirements for products containing “dangerous substances” and “substances of very high concern”;
The Rolling Action Plan (RAP) for UK REACH 2022-2024 and
Proposed changes to California’s Proposition 65.

Stay Updated On Regulations

C&R continues to monitor these proposals – and others likely to impact your products – on a daily basis.

For the latest news on chemicals in finished products, tune into our webinar covering the latest chemical regulatory updates for Q2 2022, presented by Maria Marecki, Senior Regulatory Consultant.