pinfa General Assembly April 2025

Members exchanged with experts and discussed joint actions on PIN FR environmental data, regulations, applications.

Cefic expert Steven van de Broeck presented updates on expected regulatory developments including the Clean Industrial Deal Chemicals Industry Package (see below), revision of the EU chemicals regulation REACH and ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) ongoing action on brominated and possibly some PIN flame retardants. pinfa members expressed concern about articles imported into Europe containing chemicals not registered under REACH, posing an unlevel playing field for the EU chemical industry and for EU industrial manufacturing, and possible questions for health and the environment.

Miguel Angel Prieto Arranz, Cefic, presented the federation’s new activities on chemicals used in batteries and in other automotive materials.

Members discussed ongoing pinfa-led studies, possible future studies and information gathering on PIN FRs in recycling, degradation of organo-phosphorus PIN FRs, PIN FR stability in polymers, standards, fire safety of construction materials (Construction Products Regulation), mineral PIN FR particles.

The report of activities from 2024 showed that pinfa organised over 70 internal working and task force meetings, participated in a range of professional and regulatory events and is following 14 different EU policy dossiers.

A communications update noted that pinfa today has over 1 400 subscribers to this Newsletter, nearly 1 000 + 300 followers on LinkedIn (pinfa + pinfa-NA) and 2 300 followers on WeChat (pinfa China) and 20 000 page view per month on our website.

* SVHC = Substance of Very High Concern. PBT= Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic. vPvB = very Persistent very Bioaccumulative.