PIC Regulation: 40 additional chemicals to be notified before export
New hazardous chemicals have been added to the EU's Priority Informed Consent (IPC) list and will therefore need to be notified prior to export.
From 1 March 2025, EU exporters will have to notify their intention to export 40 new hazardous chemicals. In fact, the European Commission has decided to extend the list of chemicals listed inAnnex IRegulationICP(Prior Informed Consent), bringing the total number of substances subject to export notification and explicit consent from the importing country to 321.
Among these 40 products are 35 pesticides and 5 industrial chemicals such as triadimenol, fenpropimorph, l Furthermore, if cyanamide and warfarin were already included in this list, their status has been updated and they will now require explicit consent in addition to the export notification. Finally, a subset of PFAS, perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds, has also joined Annex V to the PIC Regulation, which includes chemicals whose export is completely prohibited. A coherent decision since this group of products has been categorised as « persistent organic pollutant » in the Stockholm Convention.
Orchestizing trade in certain dangerous chemicals banned or strictly regulated within the Community (industrial products, pesticides and biocides) by implementing theRotterdam ConventionThe PIC Regulation imposes obligations on undertakings wishing to export these products to third countries or import them into the EU. The objective is to protect human health and the environment by specifying all necessary information on the transport, storage, use and safe disposal of hazardous chemicals, sharing responsibilities and cooperation among countries in the international trade in such products.
Community toolePICECHA (European Chemicals Agency) has already been updated to incorporate these changes. Companies may already start to notify exports of the newly added products provided for as from 1 January 1993.andMarch 2025.