BREXIT CAUSES LOSS OF TEXTILE FINISHING CHEMICAL REACH REGISTRATIONS
February 1st, 2021
THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has warned that 3% of registrations of chemicals, including those used for textile finishing, made under its REACH system, have been lost through Brexit, with 2,900 UK registrations now void. This means their registrant companies can no longer sell these chemicals on the EU market. The impact of this within the European Union (EU) is that 268 substances previously registered under REACH have lost their registration. Chemicals affected include dye ingredient methyl 2-iodobenzoate and 3-nitrobenzonitrile, among others – see ...
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