Microbial control solutions play a crucial role in several key healthcare applications. From sanitising food containers to prevent foodborne illnesses to disinfecting surfaces in hospitals and public facilities to reduce
Is your car trunk cleaner than a toilet seat ? Maintaining a high degree of hygiene, by eliminating harmful bacteria and other organisms, is crucial to reduce the risk of
For the May/June edition of its magazine, Pitture e Vernici – European Coatings interviewed José Mosquera (IFF), MCEC Chairman, on the European Commission’s OSOA (One Substance, One Assessment) principle and
The European Commission aims to set concrete objectives and activities to strengthen Member States’ action against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in the area of public health. It has opened a ‘call
A recent investigation by Luxembourg’s environment agency brought to light non-compliance of disinfectants put on the national market. 65% of the products inspected between autumn 2020 and summer 2021 were
The German Environment Agency (UBA) published a study “Building and renovation as a source of pollutants in the urban environment”, focusing on potential leaching of substances from the construction materials
The Netherlands has received nearly half of the total number of Union authorisation applications made so far under the Biocidal Products Regulation. The country’s Secretary of State for Infrastructure and
Before the Christmas break, ECHA confirmed that a second enforcement project (BEF-2, mandate attached) to investigate biocidal products on the EU market will take place in 2022 – it will
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
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