The International Chemical Secretariat collaborates with a number of European national and multinational companies using chemicals in their production. Companies which according to REACH-speak are Downstream Users. The Compromise package brokered by the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament through MEP Guido Sacconi largely fails to take the interests of these important parts of European industry into account.

Therefore ChemSec sent a letter to all Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) today to urge to them to strengthen the Compromise by supporting Amendment 178 on Article 7.2.b, Substances in articles. This amendment clarifies that notification of Substances of Very High Concern in articles should apply to a homogenous part of an article, rather than the whole article.

Read the full letter