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Fitness check on chemicals legislation

Learn about the regulatory fitness check on chemicals legislation, its impact on the fertilisers industry, and the next steps for addressing inconsistencies and legal overlaps.

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Fitness check on chemicals legislation

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  1. Fitness check on chemicals legislation Fertilisers Working Group meeting Brussels, 15 December 2014

  2. Table of contents • Background on REFIT • Background on Fitness checks • Fitness check on chemicals legislation • Next steps

  3. REFIT programme Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT) • Launched in December 2012 in the context of smart regulation • Goal: simplifying EU law, reducing unnecessary regulatory burden and contributing to a clear, stable & predictable regulatory framework • Different measures: • Legislative actions: amendments and consolidations • Repeals and withdrawals • Evaluations and fitness checks • Scoreboard (latest: 18 June 2014)

  4. Fitness checks • Comprehensive policy evaluations, assessing whether the regulatory framework for a policy sector is fit for purpose • Identifying excessive regulatory burden, overlaps, gaps, inconsistencies, obsolete measures, etc. • Assessing effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, relevance and EU added value of the legislative framework

  5. Fitness check on chemicals legislation Planned fitness check: Fitness Check on the most relevant chemicals legislation (other than REACH) as well as related aspects of legislation applied to downstream industries Background • Complex legislative framework • Survey on burdensome legislation for SMEs • Stakeholder feedback on issues at interfaces of different legislation • Certain CARACAL members calling for a systematic review of the links between CLP and other legislation

  6. Fitness check on chemicals legislation Mandate currently under discussion Legislative framework for the risk management of chemicals: Hazard identification & classification Risk management measures & communication

  7. Fitness check on chemicals legislation Mandate currently under discussion Examples of relevant legislation within the scope of the fitness check: CLP PBT/vPvB Hazard identification & classification Risk management measures & communication

  8. Fitness check on chemicals legislation Mandate currently under discussion Examples of relevant legislation within the scope of the fitness check: CLP Hazard identification & classification Risk management measures & communication e.g. labelling, packaging, prohibition, restriction of use, other measures CLP Seveso Waste Cosmetics PPP Biocides Ecolabel

  9. Fitness check on chemicals legislation Mandate currently under discussion Examples of relevant legislation within the scope of the fitness check: e.g. for plant biostimulants CLP Hazard identification & classification Risk management measures & communication e.g. labelling, packaging, prohibition, restriction of use, other measures CLP Seveso Waste Cosmetics PPP Biocides Ecolabel

  10. Fitness check on chemicals legislation Hazard identification & classification • Direct link, • Risk assessment • Socio-economic factors Risk management measures & communication e.g. labelling, packaging, prohibition, restriction of use, other measures

  11. Fitness check on chemicals legislation Hazard identification & classification • Direct link, • Risk assessment • Socio-economic factors Risk management measures & communication e.g. labelling, packaging, prohibition, restriction of use, other measures e.g. SCHER

  12. Fitness check on chemicals legislation Hazard identification & classification Waste Chemicals Risk management measures & communication e.g. labelling, packaging, prohibition, restriction of use, other measures

  13. Relevance for fertilisers industry • Fertilisers industry affected by chemicals legislation(e.g. labelling under CLP) • Secondary raw materials covered by chemicals legislation(e.g. digestates covered under REACH(?)) • Interplay of different legislation affecting organic/inorganic fertilisers in the current framework (e.g. PPP vs. fertilisers)

  14. Next steps • Finalisation of fitness check mandate • Consultation on relevant issues to be assessed Input from Member States and stakeholders needed: • Issues resulting from inconsistencies, incoherence, legal uncertainty, legal overlaps between different chemicals legislation, e.g. CLP vs. other legislation

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