{"id":1871,"date":"2025-01-27T11:05:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T10:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ptfe-nuenchritz.de\/pfas\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T08:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T07:23:13","slug":"pfas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ptfe-nuenchritz.de\/en\/pfas\/","title":{"rendered":"PFAS"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

PFAS<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/i><\/div><\/a>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
<\/div>

03.02.2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the publication of the final report evaluating 5,642 submissions on August 25, 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has reached an important first milestone in the PFAS regulatory process.<\/p>\n

The comments received during the consultation provided extensive detailed information. These had a significant influence on the committees’ revised assessments, particularly with regard to possible alternatives and environmental and economic impacts.<\/p>\n

In addition to the two regulatory options originally planned \u2013<\/p>\n

Option 1: Ban and<\/p>\n

Option 2: Ban with time-limited exemptions \u2013<\/p>\n

the report proposes to consider a third regulatory option<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Option 3: Conditions that must be met to allow the continued manufacture, placing on the market, or use of PFAS instead of a ban.<\/p>\n

This third option is intended to apply to certain applications for which no suitable alternatives<\/strong> are currently available and which have been assessed by the Committees for Risk Assessment (RAC) and Socioeconomic Analysis (SEAC). These include, among others:<\/p>\n