Key recommendations from the textile industry
The textile industry, represented by EURATEX, welcomes any meaningful effort to simplify the most complex chemicals legislation in the world and calls for the Commission to create a more efficient and coherent regulatory chemicals framework that should focus on the competitiveness and innovation of the EU industry.
Simplifying REACH is clearly welcomed by the textile industry if it also means:
- reducing the administrative burden for companies and SMEs and not only for authorities
- providing greater long-term legal and investment certainty
- engaging in dialogues involving industry and authorities, bringing in efficient results
This will increase transparency and predictability for companies, and reduce the overall workload for both authorities and industry as a result of the efficiency gains. This will also contribute to retaining key industries and businesses from relocating outside of the EU.
For this to be achieved, EURATEX outlines the key recommendations from the textile industry for a simplified REACH that should:
- Rely on actual scientific and risk-based data and avoid any generic hazard-based approach
- Facilitate information exchange along the value chain
- Identify harmonized and validated test methods and update regulatory requirements based on scientific progress
- Apply targeted restrictions instead of the dynamic link between CLP and REACH
- Allow adequate timing for industry to apply their legal obligations when a SVHC is included in the Candidate list
- Ensure a level playing field for enforcement and enforceability
To know more, read the full position paper.