Engagement
The EU Commission and EU agencies offer possibilities to engage as citizens and organisations. Here, we are listing various engagement opportunities related to chemical policies. The provided selection of links lead you to ongoing consultations, where you can actively engage and have your say on various policy processes. Usually everyone and every organisation in the EU and from non-EU countries can participate after registration.
ECHA – European Chemicals Agency
ECHA provides the opportunity to submit comments to several consultations. See the current consultations here: https://echa.europa.eu/consultations/current
EU Commission: Have your say
The EU Commission provides under the heading “Have your say” the opportunity participate in consultations.
Current consultations related to chemicals and health are:
European Chemicals Agency – proposal for a basic regulation
Summary by the European Commission:
Current rules on the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) date back to 2006. Since 2008, ECHA has been entrusted with new tasks set out in several pieces of legislation and ad hoc agreements.
This initiative will propose a basic regulation for ECHA. It aims to:
- strengthen ECHA governance and adapt it to its future role
- streamline the working methods of ECHA bodies and make their financing more sustainable.
Deadline: December 02, 2025
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Persistent Organic Pollutants – long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds
Summary by European Commission:
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 implements the EU’s international commitments under the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (chemical substances).
Following a decision to list long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds to the Convention, this initiative amends Annex I to the Regulation to include long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds as a substance subject to certain restrictions.
Deadline : December 19, 2025
Persistent Organic Pollutants – medium-chain chlorinated paraffins
Summary by European Commission:
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 implements the EU’s international commitments under the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (chemical substances).
Following a decision to add medium-chain chlorinated paraffins to the Convention, this initiative amends Annex I to the Regulation to include medium-chain chlorinated paraffins as substances subject to certain restrictions.
Deadline: December 19, 2025
Persistent Organic Pollutants – chlorpyrifos
Summary by European Commission:
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 implements the EU’s international commitments under the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (chemical substances).
Following a decision to list chlorpyrifos to the Convention, this initiative amends Annex I to the Regulation to include chlorpyrifos as a substance subject to certain restrictions.
Deadline: December 19, 2025
Other important opportunities to engage
Act now to ban PVC
The petition is addressed to the European Commission
This petition is run by EEB, ZWE, RPA, HEAL, CLIENTEARTH, HCWH
Sign here: https://action.wemove.eu/sign/202310-act_now_to_ban_pvc-petition-EN/
NGOS CALL ON EU POLICYMAKERS TO DEVELOP AMBITIOUS PHASE OUT STRATEGIES FOR THE HARMFUL PLASTIC
The damaging health and environmental impacts posed by PVC call for a complete phase-out of this material. To fulfil the ambitions of the EU Zero-Pollution Plan and non-toxic environment initiatives, we ask the European Commission to swiftly mandate an ambitious restriction on the production, use and placing on the market of PVC and its additives under the REACH regulation. We also call on the European Commission and its member states to demand a global ban of PVC under the new Global Plastics Treaty.
Evidence shows that PVC can be replaced with safer materials for almost all uses.
Only uses of PVC, for which no safer alternatives are available and which are needed to protect our health or safety or are critical for society – or essential uses – should be allowed under strictly controlled conditions.
The European Commission must act now to phase-out PVC by 2030.