EU Clean Industrial Deal

EU Clean Industrial Deal

Business welcomes Commission proposals, calls for rapid implementation. Chemicals Industry Package for late 2025. The European Commission published the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) on 26th February, a year after the Antwerp Declaration of business leaders calling for...
Fire safety in EVs and charging in car parks

Fire safety in EVs and charging in car parks

pinfa input to the European Commission guidance on electric vehicles and charging infrastructure in covered parking. The now-published EU Sustainable Transport Forum “Guidance” document (80 pages) underlines that electric vehicles (EVs) do not present a higher fire...
Canada – new uses rule trixylyl phosphate

Canada – new uses rule trixylyl phosphate

SNAc (Significant New Activity) order for trixylyl phosphate, requiring information and assessment of new uses. Canada concluded in 2020 that trixylyl phosphate (an aryl phosphate PIN FR*) did not meet the CEPA section 64 criteria (not harmful to health or the...
Construction Products Regulation updated

Construction Products Regulation updated

The recast EU CPR is now published, including new rules on traceability, product LCA and end-of-life information. The CPR defines harmonised rules for all construction products placed on the European market, defining how to express not only technical and safety...
Canada lists DBDPE and DP for action

Canada lists DBDPE and DP for action

Canada has listed for priority action the two halogenated flame retardants DBDPE and DP (decabromodiphenyl ethane, Dechlorane Plus*). Both are added to the Canada national List of Toxic Substances (Part2, Schedule 1). Both of these halogenated FRs are used as...