The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) will lead to a substantial reshuffle of the chemical regulatory framework in Europe,, covering a huge range of topics and legislations. Particularly interesting for many sectors in the chemicals environment is
With its Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS), the European Commission aims to phase out the most harmful chemicals for non-essential societal use, in particular in consumer products. The CSS describes
Brussels, 27 October 2021 – The General Assembly of MCEC has formally approved the candidates for chairmanship for the next two years. The support from the group to re-elect José
In September, the German government published a new ordinance covering the legal implementation of the country’s national rules for biocides. This goes over and beyond the EU Biocidal Products Regulation
In August, the European Commission launched a detailed public consultation questionnaire on the revision of the EU legislation on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP). This follows
At the start of 2021, MCEC embarked on a mission to grow its audiences on social media as per its new strategy adopted the year before. For Twitter, the goal
Following the publication of the Report on the implementation of the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR), representatives from EU Member States’ Environment Ministries discussed the current situation of the Review Programme
In June, Cefic published its 2020 report on the reported cases of non-compliant imported products to the EU via the EU’s Rapid Alert System. Last year, in context of the
The Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) entered into application in September 2013, repealing the older Biocidal Products Directive (BPD). As required by Article 65(4) of the BPR, the Commission, based on
The first half of 2021 has been busy with several public consultations launched by the European Commission to collect input from relevant stakeholders on the main blocks of the chemical
The Microbial Control Executive Council has the opportunity to contribute to the public consultation under the Sustainable Products Initiative which will see the revision of the scope of the Ecodesign directive in a way
The Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS), published 14 October 2020, offers both challenges and opportunities for biocides. EU legislators are currently very busy defining new concepts for the substantial amount
The COVID-19 outbreak has given us the opportunity to rethink how we protect ourselves from invisible but very real germs. When the pandemic struck, company members of the Microbial Control
“At MCEC, we believe microbial control is essential to the success of the European Green Deal” said Paul Girard, Manager of the Microbial Control Executive Council, at the Biocides Europe
In November, the Microbial Control Executive Council (MCEC) contributed to a public consultation launched by the European Commission on the so-called Sustainable Product Initiative. This initiative will result in a
MCEC and its members remind users to pay attention to the use of disinfectants at home and at work in order to avoid unwanted possible adverse health impacts. Covid-19 remains
“Options to completely avoid in-can preservatives are scarce and in general combined with adverse side-effects”, German Institute says. Any consumer or professional would recognise that a product that degrades too
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