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substitution of SVHCs by asking the Commission to propose the inclusion of brominated flame retardants as a group for candidate listing.’” The association said that the call for ECHA to
request the Commission to propose the inclusion of BFRs as a group for candidate listing lacks merit. “EEB suggests that all BFRs meet the criteria in Article 57 of REACH. This is not the case. Only a very few BFRs are restricted under REACH. Newer BFRs have very different properties from these substances and were designed to be safer and more sustainable solutions. This is well known to the Commission and ECHA. The EEB call, therefore, for a group listing of BFRs for inclusion in the REACH SVHC list isn’t justified nor is it advancing EU sustainability and safer product goals.” BSEF also referred to the findings of the US
National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, and reported by the American Chemistry Council’s North American Flame Retardant Alliance, that organohalogen flame retardants (OFRs) cannot be assessed as a single class. It said this confirms it is not scientifically accurate or appropriate to make broad conclusions or impose a one-size-fits-all regulatory approach for OFRs. “Similarly, in Europe, Cefic (The European Chemical Council) states that ‘grouping’, when appropriate, should consider risk and hazard profiles in addition to structural similarity and the Identification of substances in a group should be based on a unique substance ID to facilitate digitalisation.”
BSEF says it is fully aligned with the ACC and CEFIC positions on grouping. “There are significant differences within this family: larger molecules such
as oligomeric or polymeric FRs, chemically reactive FRs which do not exist as a molecule and many other FRs which possess no toxicological or ecotoxicological classifications under CLH. The suggestion that such a diverse group of substances should be all considered SVHCs (in the context of REACH) and then listed in its entirety for regulatory restriction simply due to the presence of bromine in the molecule is devoid of any scientific merit.”
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