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Overview review: eu-reach-microplastics

Outcome passed · impact medium · 2026-10-14

Text reviewed

Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2055 restricts synthetic polymer microparticles under REACH (Annex XVII, entry 78), with transitional periods of 4 to 12 years for specific products. Regulation (EU) 2026/1168 amends the derogations.

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Official sources given to the reviewer

• https://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/32023R2055
• https://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/32026R1168

Reviews

Reviewer

Verdict supported, confidence 0.95 (threshold 0.80) · model deepseek-flash.

• facts supported: yes
• dates match: yes
• numbers match: yes
• references match: yes
• bodies match: yes
• no exaggeration: yes