New limits for 33 textiles chemicals under REACH
On 10th October 2018, the European Commission published Regulation (EU) 1513/2018 that modifies Annex XVII to REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 by including a new entry (Entry 72). These new requirements shall be applicable from 1 November 2020.
Brands, retailers and manufacturers of textiles and textile containing product (including clothing) need to be aware of this major change in REACH regulation and ensure that finished articles are compliant with these new changes. REACH Annex XVII requirements apply to any products and materials that are manufactured, retailed, imported and distributed in the European Union (EU).
Therefore, the restriction will be applicable to the following groups of products:
What does this mean?
A new entry has been added into Annex XVII of REACH placing restrictions on several chemicals that are known to be Carcinogenic, Mutagenic, Reprotoxic (CMR’s). The new entry (Entry 72) of Annex XVII of REACH sets the limits for 33 CMR substances that may be present in the articles above either from the production process or because they have been added intentionally to give specific properties to the products.
The 33 chemicals that have been added are as follows:
The full list of chemicals in Regulation (EU) 2018/1513 can be found here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R1513&from=EN
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