EU Issues Proposal to Restrict CMR in Textiles and Footwear Under REACH
The European Commission has issued a proposal to restrict the use of CMR in certain textile products. The changes would mean an amendment to Annex XVII of REACH.
- (1888PressRelease) April 08, 2018 - The European Union (EU) has issued a proposal to prohibit certain textile products that contain carcinogenic, mutagenic of toxic to reproduction (CMR) substances, both category 1A and 1B, in amounts that exceed prescribed levels.
The substances and their specified concentrations are:
Extractable Heavy Metals 1 mg/kg (expressed as each metal)
o Cadmium and its compounds
o Chromium VI
o Arsenic
o Lead and its compounds
Solvents / VOCs 5mg/kg
o Benzene
PAHs 1 mg/kg (each)
o Benz[a]anthracene
o Benz[e]acephenanthrylene
o Benzo[a]pyrene
o Benzo[e]pyrene
o Benzo[j]fluoranthene
o Benzo[k]fluoranthene
o Chrysene
o Dibenz[a,h]anthracene
Chlorotoluenes 1 mg/kg (each)
o α,α,α,4-tetrachlorotoluene
o α,α,α-trichlorotoluene
o α-chlorotoluene
Formaldehyde 75 mg/kg
Phthalates 1000 mg/kg (each)
o 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid; di-C 6-8-branched alkylesters, C 7-rich (DIHP)
o Bis(2-methoxyethyl) phthalate (DMEP)
o Diisopentylphthalate (DiPP)
o Di-n-pentyl phthalate (DPP)
o Di-n-hexyl phthalate (DnHP)
Solvents / VOCs 3000 mg/kg (each)
o N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone; 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP)
o N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC)
o N,N-dimethylformamide; dimethyl formamide (DMF)
Dyestuff 50 mg/kg (each)
o C.I. Disperse Blue 1
o C.I. Basic Red 9
o C.I. Basic Violet 3 with ≥ 0,1 % of Michler's ketone
Others
o 4-chloro-o-toluidinium chloride 30 mg/kg
o 2-Naphthylammoniumacetate 30 mg/kg
o 4-methoxy-m-phenylene diammonium sulphate; 2,4-diaminoanisole sulphate 30 mg/kg
o 2,4,5-trimethylaniline hydrochloride 30 mg/kg
o Quinoline 50 mg/kg
The drafted Regulation, notified through the World Trade Organization, would introduce a new entry into Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).
It will cover:
Clothing or related accessories
Textiles other than clothing which, under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use, come into contact with human skin to an extent similar to clothing
Footwear
The regulation would exempt:
Clothing, related accessories or footwear, or parts of clothing, related accessories or footwear, made exclusively of natural leather, fur or hide
Non-textile fasteners and non-textile decorative attachments
Second-hand clothing, related accessories, textiles other than clothing or footwear
Personal protective equipment (PPE) within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2016/425
Medical devices within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2017/745
Disposable textiles (designed to be used only once or for a limited time and are not intended for subsequent use for the same or similar purpose)
The proposal was issued in February 2018 and stakeholders are advised to check their products comply with the latest European regulations relating to textiles offered for sale in Europe.
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