EU INSPECTORS FIND LABELLING AND CLASSICIATION ERRORS IN BIOCIDES, ADHESIVES AND WASHING PRODUCTS
January 1st, 2020
A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-wide enforcement project assessing compliance with EU chemical legislation has concluded that 7% of checked biocidal products lacked valid authorisations, either under the EU’s biocidal products regulation (BPR) or related national legislation; also 17% of biocidal product labels did not comply with EU or related national rules. The conclusions came following an EU-wide ECHA Enforcement Forum project, which focused on the classification and labelling of mixtures, which also included washing and cleaning products; coatings; and adhesives, ...
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