The European Commission (EC) on March 15, 2022, opened a feedback period for the initiative “Chemicals – making best use of EU agencies to streamline scientific assessments.” The initiative will implement one of the key announcements of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS, FPF reported), to move towards a ‘one substance, one assessment’ process for chemical safety assessments. The EC is restructuring how the technical and scientific work of chemical assessments is distributed between European agencies to “rationalize the use of expertise and resources.” It plans to adopt the proposal in the fourth quarter of 2022.
The initiative explains that existing legislative instruments will be revised in a targeted manner. The initiative should make the functioning of chemicals regulation more efficient, more coherent, and simpler, as well as improve the assessments’ quality and predictability for stakeholders and the public. Stakeholders, EU agencies, and Member States are asked to provide their feedback until April 12, 2022.
References
EC (March 2022). “Call for evidence for an initiative ‘Chemicals – making best use of EU agencies to streamline scientific assessments’.” (pdf)
EC (October 2020). “Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability: Towards a Toxic-Free Environment.” (pdf)
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EC (March 2022). “Chemicals – making best use of EU agencies to streamline scientific assessments.”
