Court dismisses appeal on DEHP authorisation decision
On 6 October 2021, the European Court of Justice published its judgment in Case C-458/19 P (Client Earth v. Commission) that concerns the authorisation process under the EU’s chemical legislation (REACH).
The Court dismissed the appeal lodged by Client Earth against a judgment in Case T-108/17 regarding a Commission decision rejecting a request from Client Earth to review a decision granting an authorisation for uses of DEHP. ECHA intervened in support of the Commission in that case.
The Court confirmed that the Commission did not commit any errors in law when it refused ClientEarth’s request to review that authorisation decision. In particular, the Court clarified that the hazardous properties of a substance that should be assessed when applying for an authorisation are only those listed in Annex XIV to REACH. Even if additional properties have been identified, they should only be considered once included into Annex XIV.
Judgment
Call for evidence: restriction of 4,4’-isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A)
Germany has launched a second call for evidence to support the preparation of a REACH restriction of bisphenol A and further bisphenols that are of similar concern for the environment. The call for evidence aims to clarify remaining questions on potential alternatives and the socio-economic impacts of the restriction proposal.
Deadline for comments is 22 December 2021.
Current calls for comments and evidence
New substance evaluation conclusions published
New documents are now available for:
The three substances were added to the CoRAP list in 2015 and evaluated by Germany.
Community rolling action plan | Substance evaluation
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