Navigating the Microplastic Restriction across EU Chemical Products

Course details and registration HERE

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Presentation of the course

This training provides a comprehensive overview of the new EU restrictions on microplastics under the REACH Regulation, including definitions, scope, and regulatory obligations. Participants will gain practical insights into affected products, transitional periods, supply chain communication, and reporting duties to ECHA. Participants will: Discover how the new EU microplastics restriction impacts their products and what legal obligations they need to meet; Learn how to confidently identify whether their products are affected, benefit from exemptions, or fall under transitional periods; Get clear, practical guidance on what to communicate across the supply chain and how to report to ECHA using IUCLID.
This course is aimed at professionals with a background in: Regulatory affairs professionals, Product formulators and developers, Compliance and legal officers, Sustainability and environmental managers, Quality assurance and product stewardship teams, Manufacturers, importers, and distributors of chemical products, Professionals in the cosmetics, detergents, agriculture, and plastics industries.

Sectors that should be interest are: Cosmetics and personal care; Detergents and cleaning products; Paints, coatings, and inks; Plastics and polymer manufacturing; Agriculture and agrochemicals; Construction chemicals; Textiles and synthetic fibers; Toys and recreational products; Industrial and specialty chemicals; Packaging and materials engineering; Consumer goods (FMCG).

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Program

During the day, the course will address the following topics:

Legal framework

• Overview of Restrictions according to the REACH
• (EC)1907/2006
• The legal text of the Restriction on microplastics

Definitions of microplastics according to the Restriction

• Decisional trees for the identification of microplastics
• Testing strategy
• Products outside the scope of the Restriction
• Products subject to the ban which benefit from a transitional time
• Products under derogations
• Practical examples

Transitional periods

• Products subject to the ban
• Derogated uses and regulatory obligations

Communications downstream the supply chain and IFUD (Instruction for safe use and disposal

• Actors of the supply chain with obligations to report downstream
• Information to be communicated downstream
• Timelines for the communications downstream
• SDS, label, packaging, or package leaflet

Reporting to ECHA

• Actors of the supply chain with reporting obligations
• Information to be provided
• Timelines for the reporting obligations
• IUCLID for reporting to ECHA