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European Perspectives

The Safe Use of Diisocyanates

FEICA has organized a training program to ensure the safe use of diisocyanates for producers and professional users all over Europe.

Isabelle Alenus

October 24, 2022

A new restriction on diisocyanates adopted by the European authorities under REACH on August 4, 2020, specifies the need for training and labelling requirements for industrial or professional users of diisocyanates with a monomeric concentration greater than 0.1 % by weight.

European Perspectives

Chemicals Risk Management: Potential Impact on the Construction Sector

Professional users of adhesives and sealants have more characteristics in common with industrial users than with consumers and should not be subject to consumers’ restrictions or prohibitions.

Isabelle Alenus

June 17, 2022

The European Commission’s Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) could fundamentally change the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation by extending the application of the generic approach to risk management to professional uses and new hazard classes. This extension of the generic approach to cover not only consumers but also professional workers, including those in the construction sector, will have a significant impact.

European Perspectives

Defining a System for the Notification of Polymers

A system for the notification of polymers should be defined in the event of a change in their treatment under REACH.

Isabelle Alenus

March 3, 2022

At present, polymers do not have to be registered under Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). Nevertheless, a possible change in the treatment of polymers is envisioned in Article 138(2) of REACH, which may result in polymers being included in the registration requirements.

SOCMA Urges USITC to Increase Collaboration with Trading Partners to Reduce Trade Barriers

The testimony focused on encouraging ITC to adopt the Rules of Origin from the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in future free trade agreements.

October 20, 2020

Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) recently testified before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on the “Economic Impact of Trade Agreements Implemented Under Trade Authorities Procedures, 2021 Report.”

Preparing for a No-Deal Brexit

Companies that import chemicals from an EU-based manufacturer may need to take on registration obligations in order to continue importing those products.

Simon Johnson

April 9, 2019

I was delighted to have spoken alongside colleagues from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy at the British Adhesives and Sealant Association event on March 28.