La Stratégie pour la durabilité dans le domaine des produits chimiques : comment l'Union européenne peut-elle donner l'exemple au monde ?

The report evaluates the EU's Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, emphasizing the need to translate high-level promises into binding legislation. It details specific technical goals—such as the 'generic approach to risk management' and the restriction of PFAS—while arguing that the EU must align its international trade and diplomatic positions with its internal environmental ambitions to avoid 'double standards' in chemical exports.

• The EU strategy aims to create a 'toxic-free environment' through several key technical initiatives, including the adoption of a 'generic approach to risk management' by 2022 to exclude harmful chemicals from consumer products like toys and cosmetics, and the development of 'safe and sustainable by design' criteria for chemicals.
• The report identifies critical regulatory goals for specific substances, including the restriction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) for non-essential uses between 2022 and 2024, and the implementation of legally binding hazard identification for endocrine disruptors by 2021-2022.
• To achieve global leadership, the EU must address contradictions in its international positions, such as its history of encouraging 'recycling exemptions' for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and proposing high low-POP content values (10,000 mg/kg for short-chain chlorinated paraffins) that conflict with the goals of the Stockholm and Basel Conventions.
• The report argues that the EU must eliminate 'double standards' by banning the production and export of hazardous chemicals and pesticides that are prohibited within the EU, and by restricting the export of electronic and plastic waste to third countries, particularly in Africa.
• The EU's commitment to the UN Globally Harmonized System (GHS) requires more than just technical adoption; it necessitates providing financial resources and institutional capacity building for third countries to integrate GHS into national legal frameworks.
• The report highlights a chronic lack of funding for the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), noting a secretariat budget deficit of at least 43% annually between 2006 and 2015, and suggests creating an international fund based on a coordinated tax on basic chemicals.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (n.d.). La Stratégie pour la durabilité dans le domaine des produits chimiques : comment l'Union européenne peut-elle donner l'exemple au monde ? https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/La-Stratégie-pour-la-durabilité-dans-le-domaine-des-produits-chimiques.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. La Stratégie pour la durabilité dans le domaine des produits chimiques : comment l'Union européenne peut-elle donner l'exemple au monde ? n.d. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/La-Stratégie-pour-la-durabilité-dans-le-domaine-des-produits-chimiques.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{centerforinternationalenvironmentallawndstratgie, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{La Stratégie pour la durabilité dans le domaine des produits chimiques : comment l'Union européenne peut-elle donner l'exemple au monde ?}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/La-Stratégie-pour-la-durabilité-dans-le-domaine-des-produits-chimiques.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }