/>iThe European Commission published on 8 July 2025 a Chemicals Package. The package is issued following a period of intense regulatory activity marked by the 2020 Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. It reveals a change of approach, oriented towards the reinforcement of the industry’s competitiveness.
Under the framework of the European Chemicals Industry Action Plan, it introduces and announces a series of legislative proposals including:
- A Chemicals Omnibus simplification proposal and its Annex, simplifying the recently amended CLP (Regulation (EU) 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging), the Cosmetics Regulation (Regulation (EU) 1223/2009 on cosmetic products) and the Fertilisers Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/1009);
- A Proposal amending the CLP as regards dates of application and transitional provisions; and
- A Proposal for a Regulation on the European Chemicals Agency (‘ECHA’), aiming to strengthen its governance and financing.
The initiative follows months of exchanges between the Commission and interested stakeholders since the beginning of 2025. It constitutes the first step towards an expected acceleration of the EU’s chemicals agenda marked by the upcoming issuance of the proposal revising REACH (Regulation (EU) 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) at the end of the year.
Further details on the content of the package can be found in our dedicated client alert.
Peter Sellar contributed to this article
