U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ↗
Role & official sources
Primary industrial chemicals authority: TSCA inventory, new chemicals, restrictions and reporting; also pesticides and environmental releases.
02 / REGULATORY CONTEXT
Regulatory Tracker
Explore chemical controls, their scope and the sources behind them.
Imported research draft · review pending. This is a supplied snapshot, not live regulatory monitoring or a completed EcoSafe human review. Selected chemical controls and authorities for review. Bans, restrictions, authorisation, reporting, warnings, proposals and future-effective measures are different. Confirm exact identity, product/use, concentration basis, exemptions and current legal text before a compliance decision.
Research dates and source limitations
The file labels its research and source-check date as 2026-11-03. This date and the source-check claims are preserved as supplied; they do not confirm a separate EcoSafe human verification.
Supplied review statement: Priority-source spot-checks completed. Not an exhaustive legal or compliance audit.
- Some official EU sources were available through indexed content rather than direct retrieval.
- Regulatory status and litigation-sensitive dates require rechecking before implementation.
- Core fields are normalized; sourceRecord and sourceContext preserve the complete original regional research without loss.
- Where a source combines requirements or dates into scope/caveats, the normalized field remains null and the original text is preserved.
- CAS identifiers are illustrative for groups; statutory chemical definitions control.
- Authority display order is editorial, not an official ranking.
45 of 45 regulatory entries
Status text below is supplied research. Open an entry for its exact scope, exceptions, dates and source links. CAS examples for chemical groups do not define legal coverage.
Nonylphenols / nonylphenol ethoxylates (NP/NPEs)
Supplied status: Reporting in force; separate SNUR remains proposed; no blanket federal ban established by these sources
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- Class; match individual CAS to the applicable list
- Authority
- EPA
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- 13 specified NPEs under TRI at covered facilities; separate 2014 TSCA proposal covers 15 NP/NPEs no longer in commerce.
- Requirements
- TRI reporting applies from reporting year 2019 (first reports July 1, 2020), subject to facility and activity thresholds. Proposed SNUR would require 90-day advance notice for specified new/resumed uses.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- TRI is not a product-content prohibition. Voluntary detergent phaseouts and Safer Choice criteria are not universal legal bans.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
1,4-Dioxane
Supplied status: Product concentration restriction in force
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 123-91-1
- Authority
- NYSDEC
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- Household cleansing products, personal care products and cosmetics sold/offered for sale in New York.
- Requirements
- Household cleansing and personal care: maximum 1 ppm since December 31, 2023. Cosmetics: maximum 10 ppm since December 31, 2022. Implementing regulations adopted September 18, 2024; May 2025 review retained limits.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- All waivers expired by December 30, 2025. Scope exclusions include industrial-manufacturing process cleaners and primarily pesticidal products; category definitions matter. Not a federal all-use ban.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Intentionally added PFAS
Supplied status: Product-category prohibitions and reporting in force; broader future phase-in
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- Class; statutory definition, not a single CAS
- Authority
- MPCA
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- New products sold/distributed in 11 categories: carpets/rugs, cleaners, cookware, cosmetics, floss, fabric treatments, juvenile products, menstruation products, textile furnishings, ski wax, upholstered furniture.
- Requirements
- Category prohibitions began January 1, 2025. Product reports due September 15, 2026; approved 90-day extensions run to December 14, 2026. Broader January 1, 2032 prohibition has currently-unavoidable-use exceptions.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Temporary exceptions include certain internal/electronic components and vehicles. Intentional addition is not identical to any detectable PFAS. Separate pesticide provisions exist.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
PFAS covered by TSCA section 8(a)(7)
Supplied status: Reporting rule; submission timing amended; scope revisions proposed
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- Class defined by molecular structures in rule
- Authority
- EPA
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- 2023 rule covers manufacturers/importers, including PFAS-containing article importers, for historical activity since January 1, 2011.
- Requirements
- April 13, 2026 final amendment starts submissions January 31, 2027 or 60 days after the subsequently specified effective date, whichever is earlier. Reporting windows: six months generally; twelve months for qualifying small manufacturers reporting exclusively as article importers.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- November 2025 exemptions (including imported articles and <=0.1% mixtures) remain described as proposed on EPA's current page. Do not treat them as final or use the superseded October 13, 2026 deadline. Recheck for a subsequent final scope/date rule.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Methylene chloride (dichloromethane)
Supplied status: Use prohibitions plus controlled continuing uses
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 75-09-2
- Authority
- EPA
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- TSCA-covered consumer and industrial/commercial uses.
- Requirements
- 2024 rule prohibits manufacture/processing/distribution for all consumer uses and most industrial/commercial uses; most prohibited commercial uses ended after April 28, 2026. Remaining specified uses require WCPP and records/downstream notices.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Not an all-use ban. November 2025 final extension gives non-federal labs initial monitoring November 9, 2026, exposure-limit/regulated-area compliance February 8, 2027 and exposure-control plan May 10, 2027.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Trichloroethylene (TCE)
Supplied status: Final phased prohibitions; specific exemption conditions postponed; additional extension proposed
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 79-01-6
- Authority
- EPA
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- TSCA-covered manufacture, processing and uses, with longer transitions for selected critical activities.
- Requirements
- December 2024 final rule prohibits most uses and phases out others. October 14, 2026 proposal would shift certain December 18, 2026 processing/processing-aid/wastewater deadlines to December 31, 2027 and shift the first HFC-134a intermediate step-down; proposal is not operative law.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- May 2026 postponement concerns conditions attached to section 6(g) exemptions pending judicial review, not the entire ban. Critical infrastructure uses and essential laboratory/cleanup activities have separate timeframes. Verify the precise use against the rule and judicial status.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Perchloroethylene (PCE; tetrachloroethylene)
Supplied status: Final phased restrictions; future consumer/commercial prohibitions; compliance dates amended
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 127-18-4
- Authority
- EPA
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- Consumer products, specified commercial uses and dry cleaning; selected industrial uses continue under controls.
- Requirements
- Consumer retail distribution prohibited after March 8, 2027; prohibited industrial/commercial uses after June 7, 2027. Newly acquired dry-cleaning machines covered from June 16, 2025; all dry cleaning/spot cleaning phased out after December 19, 2034.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Products at <=0.1% PCE excluded. July 2026 final WCPP extension: non-federal initial monitoring June 21, 2027, ECEL/areas/training/PPE September 20, 2027, exposure-control plan December 20, 2027. Reconsideration is not repeal; use-specific exceptions remain.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE)
Supplied status: Prohibition with exemptions and phased uses
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 1163-19-5
- Authority
- EPA
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- Chemical and products/articles containing the flame retardant under TSCA.
- Requirements
- 2021 manufacture/import, processing and distribution prohibitions, with use-specific transitions. November 2024 amendments effective January 21, 2025 permit unintentional content below 0.1% by weight; intentional addition in non-excluded uses remains prohibited.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Transport replacement parts, legacy pallets and nuclear wire/cable have distinct exclusions or service-life deadlines. The 0.1% threshold applies to each article, not dilution across a complex assembly.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1) / PIP (3:1)
Supplied status: Processing/distribution restrictions with extensive exceptions
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 68937-41-7
- Authority
- EPA
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- Flame-retardant/plasticizer products and articles; TSCA 40 CFR 751.407.
- Requirements
- General covered-article processing prohibition after October 31, 2024; distribution prohibition after October 31, 2026. Unintentional content below 0.1% by weight allowed under amendment effective January 21, 2025.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Not a general manufacture ban. Circuit boards/wire harnesses, aerospace/turbine lubricants and other specified uses have exclusions; other equipment and transport uses have longer deadlines. Intentional addition is not protected by the 0.1% allowance.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Formaldehyde
Supplied status: Emission standard, not a content ban
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 50-00-0
- Authority
- EPA
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- TSCA Title VI regulated composite wood panels, components and finished goods.
- Requirements
- Emission limits: hardwood plywood 0.05 ppm; particleboard 0.09 ppm; MDF 0.11 ppm; thin MDF 0.13 ppm. Certification, labeling and recordkeeping requirements accompany limits.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- These are test-chamber air emission values, not ppm formaldehyde in wood. Limited NAF/ULEF testing/certification exemptions and laminated-product rules apply. EPA announced an additional quality-control method October 23, 2026, not a new blanket ban.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Lead
Supplied status: Product concentration restrictions in force
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 7439-92-1 (element; limits measure lead)
- Authority
- CPSC
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- Accessible substrates in children's products; paints/surface coatings for children's products, certain furniture and household paint.
- Requirements
- Generally 100 ppm total lead in accessible children's-product components (100 ppm regime since August 14, 2011); 90 ppm in covered paint/surface coatings.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Inaccessible components and specific statutory/regulatory exclusions require assessment. A coating cannot simply be used to make lead-containing material inaccessible. Substrate and surface-coating limits are different tests; not a ban on every lead-containing industrial material.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Eight restricted phthalates: DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP, DCHP
Supplied status: Product concentration prohibitions in force
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- Multiple substances; identify each phthalate separately
- Authority
- CPSC
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- Children's toys and child-care articles; accessible plasticized components.
- Requirements
- Each listed phthalate must not exceed 0.1% (1000 ppm) in a covered accessible component; 16 CFR part 1307 / CPSIA section 108.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- This is not an across-all-products phthalate ban or a sum-of-all-phthalates threshold. Product age/use and accessibility definitions matter; ordinary footwear is not automatically a toy/child-care article.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Mercury compounds
Supplied status: Cosmetic ingredient restriction in force
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- Class; mercury measured as metal (element CAS 7439-97-6)
- Authority
- FDA
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- Cosmetics under 21 CFR 700.13.
- Requirements
- Eye-area products may use mercury preservative at no more than 65 ppm as metal only when no other effective and safe preservative is available. Other cosmetics may contain only unavoidable trace mercury below 1 ppm under good manufacturing practice.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Not a general mercury ban. Stricter state cosmetic laws may independently apply; eye-product exception is narrow.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Chloroform
Supplied status: Use-specific prohibition in force
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 67-66-3
- Authority
- FDA
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- Cosmetics, 21 CFR 700.18.
- Requirements
- Use as a cosmetic ingredient prohibited.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Residual amounts from use as a processing solvent during manufacture or as a byproduct of ingredient synthesis are excepted. Do not extend this cosmetics prohibition to all industrial uses.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Respirable crystalline silica (quartz, cristobalite, tridymite)
Supplied status: Occupational exposure restriction, not a material/product ban
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- Quartz 14808-60-7; other forms have different CAS numbers
- Authority
- OSHA
- Legal basis
- Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
- Scope
- General industry/maritime under 29 CFR 1910.1053; construction has a separate standard.
- Requirements
- Permissible exposure limit: 50 micrograms/m3 as an 8-hour time-weighted average. Monitoring, engineering/work-practice controls and other duties depend on exposure conditions.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Airborne respirable fraction is regulated; bulk silica content alone does not establish exposure compliance. Mining and state-plan requirements must be checked separately.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Nonylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates (NP/NPE)
Supplied status: Restriction in force
REACH Annex XVII entry 46
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 25154-52-3 (NP); NPE group has no single CAS
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- REACH Annex XVII entry 46
- Scope
- Selected cleaning, textile/leather processing, metalworking, pulp/paper, cosmetics/personal care and pesticide/biocide co-formulant uses.
- Requirements
- Prohibits marketing/use as substances or mixtures at ≥0.1% w/w in the listed uses.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Long-standing restriction; current entry applies.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Listed closed-loop/process-water exceptions and spermicides exception; scope is not every industrial use.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Nonylphenol ethoxylates — washable textiles
Supplied status: Restriction in force
REACH Annex XVII entry 46a; Regulation (EU) 2016/26
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- Group; no single CAS
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- REACH Annex XVII entry 46a; Regulation (EU) 2016/26
- Scope
- Textile articles reasonably expected to be washed in water; includes relevant textile parts.
- Requirements
- No placing on market at ≥0.01% w/w of the textile article or each part.
- Effective dates / transitions
- After 3 February 2021.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Second-hand textiles and new articles made exclusively from recycled textiles without NPE use excluded; textile definition requires ≥80% textile fibres.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
4-Nonylphenol, branched and linear, ethoxylated
Supplied status: Authorisation requirement
REACH Annex XIV entry 43; Regulation (EU) 2017/999
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- Group; no single CAS
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- REACH Annex XIV entry 43; Regulation (EU) 2017/999
- Scope
- Exact Annex XIV group covers specified 4-position nonylphenol ethoxylates, including polymers/homologues and isomers.
- Requirements
- Authorisation regime for covered uses/placing on market for use; not a universal ban on all NPE-containing articles.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Sunset 4 January 2021; latest application date 4 July 2019.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Check specific use authorisations, timely pending applications and REACH exemptions. Imported articles are not automatically subject to the authorisation requirement.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
PFAS — proposed universal restriction
Supplied status: Proposal / assessment; not a blanket EU ban
Proposed REACH Annex XVII restriction
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- Large structural class; no single CAS
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- Proposed REACH Annex XVII restriction
- Scope
- Broad PFAS manufacture, marketing and uses; distinct from enacted substance- and sector-specific controls.
- Requirements
- No universal binding concentration limit or implementation date established by the proposal itself.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Submitted January 2023; RAC opinion adopted March 2026; SEAC final opinion expected by end-2026 in cited ECHA update.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Do not label all PFAS banned. Proposed exemptions and transitions are not enacted permissions. Existing narrower rules remain binding.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
PFAS — food-contact packaging
Supplied status: Sector restriction in force
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 Article 5(5) (PPWR)
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- Structural class; no single CAS
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- Regulation (EU) 2025/40 Article 5(5) (PPWR)
- Scope
- Food-contact packaging placed on EU market.
- Requirements
- No marketing at ≥25 ppb any targeted PFAS, ≥250 ppb targeted sum (both exclude polymers), or ≥50 ppm PFAS including polymers.
- Effective dates / transitions
- From 12 August 2026.
- Exceptions & caveats
- 50 ppm is a PFAS limit, not simply a total-fluorine ban. Total fluorine >50 mg/kg triggers proof on PFAS/non-PFAS fluorine content upon request. Other EU prohibitions also apply.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
PFAS — firefighting foam
Supplied status: Adopted restriction; phased application
REACH Annex XVII entry 82; Regulation (EU) 2025/1988
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- Structural class; no single CAS
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- REACH Annex XVII entry 82; Regulation (EU) 2025/1988
- Scope
- Foams, concentrates and foam solutions.
- Requirements
- General marketing/use prohibition at ≥1 mg/L sum PFAS from 23 October 2030.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Portable-extinguisher marketing transition ended 23 October 2026; alcohol-resistant portable foams: 23 April 2027. Training/public fire-service use: 23 April 2027; portable use: 31 December 2030. Certain major-hazard/offshore/vessel uses: 23 October 2035.
- Exceptions & caveats
- From 23 October 2026 specified continued uses require controls, management plans and labelling. Cleaned-equipment fluorine-free foam derogation: ≤50 mg/L, excluding portable extinguishers. POPs/other PFAS restrictions remain separate.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
PFHxA, its salts and PFHxA-related substances
Supplied status: Restriction in force; phased scope
REACH Annex XVII entry 79; Regulation (EU) 2024/2462
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 307-24-4 (PFHxA); others
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- REACH Annex XVII entry 79; Regulation (EU) 2024/2462
- Scope
- Consumer clothing/accessories/footwear; food-contact paper/cardboard; consumer mixtures and cosmetics; specified firefighting uses.
- Requirements
- ≥25 ppb sum PFHxA/salts or ≥1,000 ppb related substances prohibited; consumer-product measurement in homogeneous material.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Consumer categories from 10 October 2026; other consumer textiles 10 October 2027. Specified training/public-service foams from 10 April 2026; civil-aviation foams 10 October 2029.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Specified Category III PPE, medical/IVD devices and construction textiles excluded from consumer paragraphs. Prior-marketed articles/mixtures have specified exemptions; contained functional testing and certain industrial-fire responses excepted.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
PFOA, salts and PFOA-related compounds
Supplied status: POPs prohibition with trace exemptions
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 Annex I; 2020/784 and subsequent amendments
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 335-67-1 (PFOA); others
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 Annex I; 2020/784 and subsequent amendments
- Scope
- Manufacture, placing on market and use, including substances, mixtures and articles.
- Requirements
- General unintentional trace exemptions: ≤0.025 mg/kg PFOA/any salt; ≤1 mg/kg individual or combined related compounds. These are not intentional-use allowances.
- Effective dates / transitions
- PFOA listing applies from 4 July 2020.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Articles already in use before 4 July 2020 and specific derogations apply. Updated foam UTCs include ≤1 mg/kg PFOA/salts and ≤10 mg/kg related compounds in installed systems until 3 August 2028; consult current Annex I for full scope.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
1,4-Dioxane
Supplied status: SVHC + sector prohibition; wider restriction work
REACH Candidate List; Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 Annex II entry 343 / Article 17
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 123-91-1
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- REACH Candidate List; Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 Annex II entry 343 / Article 17
- Scope
- Industrial chemical/impurity; cosmetics subject to separate ingredient prohibition.
- Requirements
- SVHC listing is not a general industrial ban. Intentional cosmetic ingredient prohibited; technically unavoidable safe traces under GMP may be permitted. SCCS ≤10 ppm opinion is guidance, not a universal statutory EU product limit.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Candidate List since 8 July 2021. ECHA April 2026 notice describes evidence gathering for possible PET-lifecycle restriction.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Prior restriction intention withdrawn; renewed work does not establish an enacted blanket restriction. Candidate List triggers applicable information/notification duties (including article >0.1% w/w obligations).
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
- ECHA — official regulatory information ↗
- ECHA — official regulatory information ↗
- EUR-Lex — official legislation ↗
- European Commission — official information ↗
- EUR-Lex — Cosmetics Regulation Article 17 (unavoidable traces) ↗
- ECHA — February 2026 authorisation prioritisation (withdrawn restriction intention / renewed work) ↗
Formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing substances
Supplied status: Emission restriction in force; vehicle transition
REACH Annex XVII entry 77; Regulation (EU) 2023/1464
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 50-00-0 (formaldehyde); others
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- REACH Annex XVII entry 77; Regulation (EU) 2023/1464
- Scope
- Articles releasing formaldehyde into indoor air; separately road vehicles.
- Requirements
- No article marketing if Appendix 14 test emissions exceed 0.062 mg/m³ for furniture/wood-based articles or 0.080 mg/m³ for other articles.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Article restriction after 6 August 2026. Vehicle interior limit 0.062 mg/m³ after 6 August 2027.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Excludes specified naturally occurring-only, outdoor-only, no-public-exposure industrial/professional, second-hand and separately regulated articles; consult full exclusions. Emission limits are not material-content limits.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Cyclic siloxanes D4, D5 and D6
Supplied status: Restriction in force; phased exceptions
REACH Annex XVII entry 70; Regulation (EU) 2024/1328
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 556-67-2; 541-02-6; 540-97-6
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- REACH Annex XVII entry 70; Regulation (EU) 2024/1328
- Scope
- Substances on their own, constituents and mixtures; dry-cleaning solvents.
- Requirements
- Marketing restriction at ≥0.1% w/w of each respective siloxane.
- Effective dates / transitions
- General rule after 6 June 2026; D4/D5 wash-off cosmetics since 31 January 2020; other cosmetics after 6 June 2027; medical/IVD/medicinal products after 6 June 2031; D5 dry-cleaning transition to 6 June 2034.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Specified industrial uses, controlled recycling dry-cleaning and residual-polymer/particular-use derogations apply; not a ban on all silicone polymers.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
DEHP, DBP, BBP and DIBP
Supplied status: Restriction in force
REACH Annex XVII entry 51; Regulation (EU) 2018/2005
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 117-81-7; 84-74-2; 85-68-7; 84-69-5
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- REACH Annex XVII entry 51; Regulation (EU) 2018/2005
- Scope
- Plasticised materials in articles, including toys/childcare articles.
- Requirements
- Marketing restriction at ≥0.1% w/w individually or combined, measured in plasticised material; toy/childcare use restrictions also apply.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Expanded article restriction after 7 July 2020.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Specified industrial/agricultural/outdoor non-contact articles, legacy aircraft/vehicles and repairs, measuring devices and separately regulated products have exclusions. Not every phthalate or every application is banned.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Intentionally added synthetic polymer microparticles
Supplied status: Restriction in force; use-specific transitions
REACH Annex XVII entry 78; Regulation (EU) 2023/2055
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- Class; no single CAS
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- REACH Annex XVII entry 78; Regulation (EU) 2023/2055
- Scope
- Defined microparticles on their own or in mixtures to confer a sought-after characteristic; not all plastic articles.
- Requirements
- General placing-on-market prohibition at ≥0.01% w/w, subject to particle/polymer definition.
- Effective dates / transitions
- First measures 17 October 2023; rinse-off cosmetics 17 October 2027; leave-on 17 October 2029; make-up/lip/nail cosmetics 17 October 2035.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Natural unmodified, sufficiently soluble/degradable and non-carbon polymers excluded; industrial-site and permanently incorporated/contained uses have derogations and information/reporting duties. Product-specific transitions must be checked.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Bisphenol A (BPA) — food-contact materials
Supplied status: Sector prohibition; transitions/derogations
Regulation (EU) 2024/3190, corrected by Regulation (EU) 2026/250
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 80-05-7
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- Regulation (EU) 2024/3190, corrected by Regulation (EU) 2026/250
- Scope
- Specified food-contact adhesives, rubbers, ion-exchange resins, plastics, printing inks, silicones, varnishes/coatings.
- Requirements
- Prohibits BPA use in manufacturing covered materials/articles and marketing those made using BPA, except authorised Annex II uses.
- Effective dates / transitions
- General first-market transition ended 20 July 2026; specified food packaging/professional equipment transition to 20 January 2028. Corrected ordinary repeat-use sell-through to 20 July 2027; professional equipment to 20 January 2029.
- Exceptions & caveats
- Additional single-use filling/sealing and stock exhaustion provisions apply. Annex II narrowly permits listed uses with conditions; not an all-use BPA ban. Other hazardous bisphenols have separate conditions.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP)
Supplied status: Conditional restriction in force
REACH Annex XVII entry 71; Regulation (EU) 2018/588
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 872-50-4
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- REACH Annex XVII entry 71; Regulation (EU) 2018/588
- Scope
- NMP as a substance or in mixtures at ≥0.3%; manufacture, use and supply.
- Requirements
- Relevant safety documentation must include worker DNELs of 14.4 mg/m³ inhalation and 4.8 mg/kg/day dermal; operational/risk-management measures must keep exposure below these.
- Effective dates / transitions
- After 9 May 2020; wire-coating solvent/reactant transition ended 9 May 2024.
- Exceptions & caveats
- This is conditional safe-use control, not a blanket solvent ban. Other classification, workplace and consumer-supply duties may independently apply.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs)
Supplied status: Restricted / notification and handling
CSCL Class II Specified Chemical Substance No. 24
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 26571-11-9; 27177-08-8; 20427-84-3; 104-35-8
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- CSCL Class II Specified Chemical Substance No. 24
- Scope
- C9-alkylphenyl poly(oxyethylene) ethers: manufacture/import quantity notifications; handling guidance and labeling cover NPE and designated water-based cleaning agents.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- 2025-04-01
- Exceptions & caveats
- Not a blanket ban. NPE is not nonylphenol itself; statutory name, not an example CAS, defines coverage.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Nonylphenol / C9 alkylphenols
Supplied status: Reporting / SDS
PRTR-SDS Law; Class I designated chemical (management No. 320)
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 25154-52-3
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- PRTR-SDS Law; Class I designated chemical (management No. 320)
- Scope
- Release/transfer reporting for covered operators and SDS obligations for covered supplied chemicals.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Current PRTR list applies from 2023-04-01
- Exceptions & caveats
- Not NPE; not established as a blanket national ban by these sources. Historical Class II monitoring classification must not be presented as current CSCL Class II specified status.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
1,4-Dioxane
Supplied status: Water / effluent limits; not blanket banned
Water Pollution Control Act; environmental water-quality standards
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 123-91-1
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- Water Pollution Control Act; environmental water-quality standards
- Scope
- National general effluent limit 0.5 mg/L; environmental water-quality standard 0.05 mg/L.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Environmental standard 2009-11-30; effluent control introduced 2012
- Exceptions & caveats
- Different regulatory matrices. Neither number is a general consumer-product limit; local discharge rules may be stricter.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
PFOS and its salts; PFOSF separately covered
Supplied status: Prohibited in principle
CSCL Class I
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 1763-23-1; 307-35-7
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- CSCL Class I
- Scope
- Manufacture/import permission regime, use restrictions and designated-product import controls.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- 2010-04
- Exceptions & caveats
- Not all PFAS. Legacy products require handling/disposal analysis; substance prohibition does not automatically outlaw possession or use of every legacy article.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
PFOA, salts, branched isomers and designated PFOA-related compounds
Supplied status: Prohibited in principle
CSCL Class I
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 335-67-1
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- CSCL Class I
- Scope
- Manufacture/import/use controls and import restrictions on designated products; technical handling standards for specified firefighting products.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- PFOA/salts 2021-10; branched isomers/salts 2024-09-10; related compounds 2025-01-10
- Exceptions & caveats
- 8:2 fluorotelomer alcohol exception removed by 2025-12 amendment. Do not apply old derogations. Related compounds have their own statutory definitions.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
PFHxS, its isomers and their salts
Supplied status: Prohibited in principle
CSCL Class I
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 355-46-4
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- CSCL Class I
- Scope
- Manufacture/import/use controls; designated products include specified repellency, coating and firefighting applications.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Substance 2024-02-01; designated-product import controls 2024-06-01
- Exceptions & caveats
- Parent/salts designation predates the separate 2026 related-compound designation.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Designated PFHxS-related compounds
Supplied status: Prohibited in principle — effective
CSCL Class I
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- No individual CAS supplied; check the statutory group definition.
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- CSCL Class I
- Scope
- Manufacture/import/use controls; ten designated product classes subject to import ban, including treated repellent fabric. Specified firefighting products have handling standards.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- 2026-06-17
- Exceptions & caveats
- Use the ministerial-ordinance list and structural scope; not every PFAS. Final June implementation corroborated by NITE update.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
PFOS + PFOA in drinking water
Supplied status: Mandatory drinking-water standard; separate ambient guideline
Water Supply Act / water-quality ordinances
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 1763-23-1; 335-67-1
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- Water Supply Act / water-quality ordinances
- Scope
- Combined PFOS+PFOA must be at most 50 ng/L (0.00005 mg/L); testing and compliance obligations for water suppliers. Public waters/groundwater have a separate 50 ng/L guideline.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- 2026-04-01
- Exceptions & caveats
- Not total PFAS, not an industrial-effluent limit or product-content limit. Drinking-water value is no longer merely a provisional target.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
UV-328
Supplied status: Prohibited in principle
CSCL Class I
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 25973-55-1
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- CSCL Class I
- Scope
- Import bans cover lubricating oils, prepared plastic UV-absorber additives, paints/varnishes, adhesives/tape and sealing fillers.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Substance 2025-02-18; designated-product imports 2025-06-18
- Exceptions & caveats
- Exact product category matters; do not infer a blanket ban on every finished article.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Dechlorane Plus
Supplied status: Prohibited in principle; narrow exception
CSCL Class I
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 13560-89-9
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- CSCL Class I
- Scope
- Controls include lubricants, resin flame-retardant preparations, electrical/electronic parts, silicone rubber, adhesives/tape.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Substance 2025-02-18; designated-product imports 2025-06-18
- Exceptions & caveats
- Specified defense-article insulation manufacture is exceptionally permitted only through 2030-02-26; not a general commercial exemption.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Methoxychlor
Supplied status: Prohibited in principle; pesticide sale/use prohibited
CSCL Class I; Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Act
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 72-43-5
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- CSCL Class I; Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Act
- Scope
- Manufacture/import/use controls under CSCL; separate pesticide controls.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- CSCL 2025-02-18; pesticide sale/use prohibition 2024-12
- Exceptions & caveats
- Agricultural registration had expired decades earlier; registration expiry is not the same event as the 2024 sale/use prohibition.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Long-chain PFCAs (C9–C21), salts and designated related compounds
Supplied status: Enacted — upcoming, not yet effective
CSCL Class I amendment
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- No individual CAS supplied; check the statutory group definition.
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- CSCL Class I amendment
- Scope
- Upcoming manufacture/import/use controls and designated-product import bans; firefighting-product handling standards.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- 2026-11-22
- Exceptions & caveats
- As of 2026-11-03 do not label these new CSCL controls already effective. Confirm related-compound ordinance; not all PFAS.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs)
Supplied status: Enacted — upcoming, not yet effective
CSCL Class I amendment
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- No individual CAS supplied; check the statutory group definition.
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- CSCL Class I amendment
- Scope
- C14–C17 straight-chain chlorinated paraffins with chlorine at least 45% of molecular weight; upcoming substance and designated-product controls.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- 2026-11-22
- Exceptions & caveats
- Scope is narrower than any material marketed as chlorinated paraffin. Short-chain paraffins have separate existing controls.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Chlorpyrifos
Supplied status: Pesticide ban effective; CSCL controls upcoming
Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Act; CSCL Class I amendment
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- 2921-88-2
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Act; CSCL Class I amendment
- Scope
- Agricultural pesticide sales/use already prohibited; forthcoming CSCL controls also include import ban on wood insecticides made using it.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- Pesticide sale/use 2026-07-01; CSCL 2026-11-22
- Exceptions & caveats
- Do not confuse the two dates or imply CSCL was effective in July. Food residue limits are a separate regime.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review
Asbestos and asbestos-containing products
Supplied status: Prohibited with defined scope
Industrial Safety and Health Act / Enforcement Order
Scope, dates & sources
- CAS / identity scope
- No individual CAS supplied; check the statutory group definition.
- Authority
- Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
- Legal basis
- Industrial Safety and Health Act / Enforcement Order
- Scope
- Manufacture, import, transfer, provision and use of asbestos or products containing more than 0.1% by weight prohibited.
- Requirements
- Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
- Effective dates / transitions
- General prohibition 2006-09-01; remaining product derogations ended 2012-03-01
- Exceptions & caveats
- Existing installed materials require separate survey, demolition and exposure-control measures; do not infer immediate mandatory removal of every existing building material.
- Supplied source-check date
- 2026-11-03 · date pending review