1. Fitness check on chemicals legislation (excluding REACH)
CARACAL-20
Brussels, 9 March 2016
DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW/D.2)
DG Environment (ENV/A.3)

2. Purpose
Fitness check on the most relevant chemicals legislation (excluding REACH), as well as related aspects of legislation applied to downstream industries
to assess the overall effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, and EU added value of the legislative framework, including the procedures to implement the framework;
to identify possible excessive regulatory burdens, overlaps, inconsistencies, obsolete measures and gaps.
Part of the Commission’s REFIT programme, which also includes the parallel REACH REFIT evaluation (REACH Review)

3. Scope Legislation covered:
Legislation governing hazard identification and classification
Legislation governing risk management measures including chemicals-related aspects of
Worker safety legislation
Transport legislation
Environmental protection legislation
Chemicals/product control legislation
Supporting legislation

4. Scope
Topics covered:
Mapping the links between identified hazards/specific risk assessments and risk management measures
Evaluating hazard identification and specific risk assessments
Evaluating risk management measures, whether based on generic risk considerations or on specific risk assessments
Analysing the coherence of the legislative approach and procedures
Further detail in the roadmap (publication pending).
Preliminary background document with an indicative list of legislation and evaluation questions has been published online & on CIRCABC.

5. Data sources
Studies
Study on the regulatory fitness of chemicals legislation (excluding REACH), in particular CLP and related legislation (DG GROW)
Study on the cumulative health and environmental benefits of chemical legislation (DG ENV)
Other relevant studies
Stakeholder consultation
Public consultation
Workshop (in Brussels on 19 April 2016)
Targeted interviews and online surveys (as part of studies)
CARACAL (and other expert groups)

6. Timelines Public consultation: 4 March – 27 May 2016
Completion DG GROW study: October 2016
Staff working document (Fitness Check report) in 2017

7. Questions