COLOUR | PIGMENTS
fillers, frits, ceramic and glass colours, and ceramic glazes in Europe. For example, amendments to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) have postponed reporting deadlines by two years, and the company size threshold for reporting may be raised. On the other hand, said Thüsing, pigments for thermoplastics, along with other raw materials, face increased regulatory pressure. “The revision of the REACH Regulation, which
had already started under the previous Commis- sion mandate, currently poses considerable uncertainties for the raw material industry,” she said. “It was announced to be finished in Q4 2025 as part of the chemicals industry package, but it is still unclear whether the promised simplification of REACH will benefit companies. The continuous discussion on aspects such as the generic risk approach, essential use, registration of polymers, as well as additional requirements for the use of nanomaterials, suggests that the focus is on further demands and bureaucratic hurdles rather than simplification for the industry.” Thüsing added that the EU Commission’s move to classify solely on particle properties is a particu-
lar concern for pigment and filler manufacturers. “We maintain our call for reasonable regulations on particles and dust. When particulate substances such as pigments and fillers are incorporated into a matrix such as plastics, there is no exposure to dust and therefore no risk. For this reason, restrictions of use based on the effects of excessive particle inhalation studies (lung overload studies) hardly make sense,” she said. Eurocolour welcomed the August 1 decision by
the European Court of Justice, which confirmed that titanium dioxide powders had been wrongly classified as suspected carcinogens, and that solid mixtures, such as masterbatches, had been wrongly required to display an EUH212 statement on their labels, said Thüsing. As a result, the classification and labelling requirements were repealed.
Compostable colourants SCIL recently announced that seven pigments from its Sudaperm and Sudafast product ranges were awarded OK Compost certification by TÜV Austria. “This certification confirms that our pigments meet rigorous standards for industrial compostability in accordance with EN 13432, the recognised
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