Chemicals are used in many everyday products, for example in our clothes, electronics or furniture. Some of those chemicals are hazardous to human health and the environment. That’s why the EU is regulating their use.

In 2018, companies faced the last deadline to register their chemical substances. Two years later in 2020, ECHA’s enforcement Forum has the results of a project that investigated how well companies met their legal requirement to register their substances and provide information that allows their safe use and that any risks are controlled so that your health and the environment are protected. The majority of the checked companies represented the manufacturing and retail industry. Information on safe use from registration is passed down the supply chain to consumers and professionals, while ECHA uses it in preparation of new pieces of legislation that regulate hazardous substances.