COATINGS MANUFACTURERS USING BIOCIDES FACE TOUGH REGULATORY RIDE
December 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) paint and coatings industry faces significant administrative burdens in the next few years, as the EU increasingly regulates the biocides companies use in some products, such as wood preservatives and antifouling paints. The key legislation here is the 1998 biocides directive (98/8/EC).
This mandates detailed checks on all active ingredients used in biocides sold and used in the EU, and also on the products and preparations that use them. That this is no small task was highlighted starkly in July, when the EU Council of ...
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