On April 5, the five European chemical agencies submitting the PFAS Restriction Intention (Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Sweden) have organised a webinar to explain to interested stakeholders the submission process.

These agencies have proposed a REACH restriction to address the risks to the environment and human health from the manufacture, placing on the market and use of PFAS. The scope of the restriction includes multiple commonly used refrigerants, such as those listed in the table below.

Capture 1: Table of some of the most used refrigerants listed as PFAS by the OECD

More information can be sourced here.

The webinar can be watched at the following link: https://echa.europa.eu/-/restriction-of-per-and-polyfluoroalkyl-substances-pfass-under-reach