Julio Mateos Basco
Adviser – Environment
Orgalim, representing Europe’s technology industries, is concerned about the upcoming revision of the REACH Regulation which has the objective of bringing simplification and ensuring faster decision-making. We are greatly concerned that the regulation may not result in the intended simplifications and believe our proposals to be essential to ensure that an adequate balance between sustainability, competitiveness, security and safety can be struck. The cumulative burden of disproportionate and badly designed regulation is holding back Europe’s high-tech manufacturing companies in their race to produce the necessary and desired technology solutions required for Europe to reach net zero.
Our technology industries are major downstream users and suppliers of articles under the REACH Regulation. As such, we are fully committed to continue to reduce potential risks associated with the presence of hazardous substances in products and to support a more circular economy. As key actors within the scope of REACH and with strong expertise in use of substances in articles, we believe it is of fundamental importance that the views and perspectives of downstream users and end-users of chemicals are closely and duly considered in the legislative process of the REACH revision, a key deliverable of the Chemicals Industry Package.
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