On 30 June 2026, the European Commission issued its Guidelines on the Forced Labour Regulation (FLR). The Guidelines were accompanied by the launch of an online information portal which is aimed at helping companies to prepare for the application of the rules. Despite the fact that competent authorities were expected to already have been announced
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EU Generic PFAS restriction proposal: end of the public consultation on the SEAC Opinion. The Draft Opinion of the Socio-Economic Analysis Committee (SEAC) was submitted for a 60-day public consultation which ended on 25 May. The first submissions are available in a consolidated document on the restriction’s page of ECHA’s website.
The
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PFAS restriction under REACH – Next steps. Experts from the Socio-Economic Assessment Committee will meet from 9 to 11 June. They will receive an update on the outcome of the public consultation held on the draft SEAC opinion from 26 March to 25 May.
Commissioner Roswall on the other hand announced in
The Commission has released on 4 May a new set of measures and documents under the EU Regulation on Deforestation-free products (‘EUDR’). These correspond to an obligation set on the Commission in the context of the adoption of the latest amendments to the EUDR back in December 2025.
As anticipated, the Commission does not propose
Commissioner Roswall publicly announced in the course of a debate with Members of the European Parliament on 27 April that the Commission will not issue its REACH revision proposal.
The revision, which had been announced in the 2020 Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability had since been postponed several times. The Commission issued a first version
The European Parliament’s ENVI Committee adopted its report in the Chemicals Omnibus file on 15 April.
The Chemicals Omnibus simplification proposal was published by the Commission on 8 July 2025.
Discussions on the text are heated with the attention centered around the proposed amendments to the Cosmetics Regulation (Regulation (EU) 1223/2009 on cosmetic products).
The
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PFAS restriction under REACH – RAC opinion adopted, SEAC draft opinion agreed and public consultation launched. A major milestone has been reached in the EU generic restriction process for PFAS. On 2 March 2026, the European Chemicals Agency’s Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) adopted its final opinion, followed shortly after by the
The Omnibus I proposal, presented by the European Commission on 26 February 2025 within its broader “Simplification Package,” was proposed to streamline the implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
After the conclusion of lengthy EU-level negotiations, Directive (EU) 2026/470 was published in the Official Journal of
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European Parliament debates ITRE-commissioned study on PFAS restriction. On 25 February, Members of the European Parliament debated a study commissioned by the Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) examining the potential economic impacts of the proposed universal PFAS restriction under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH).
The study, prepared by Risk &