February 2024 The REACH Restriction on Microplastics and the use of interleavants in the flat glass sector Explanatory paper The European Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2055 of 25 September 2023 ‘restricting synthetic polymer microparticles on their own or intentionally added to mixtures’ entered into force in October 2023. Its purpose is to ban the placing
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The status of Flat Soda Lime Silicate Glass and its raw materials under REACH This document aims to clarify the status of the Soda Lime Silicate (SLS) glass used for the manufacture of flat glass products1 and its raw materials in relation to the requirements of REACH2 and demonstrate that flat soda-lime-silicate (FSLS) glass meets the
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Glass for Europe statement on REACH and the composition of float glass According to the definitions of the European Directive on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals 1907/2006 (REACH), glass is a single “substance” of “unknown or variable composition, complex reaction product, or biological material”. It is exempted from the registration requirement under
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Glass for Europe statement on Status of flat glass products under the REACH regulation The REACH regulation, Regulation 1907/2006/EC on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals, is the European Union’s regulatory framework on chemicals and their safe use. Among other provisions, it requires manufacturers and importers to gather information on the properties
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