The regulation of cadmium-containing coatings in the EU REACH regulations is to be upgraded.

China Coatings Network
: Recently, the European Union to the WTO (Weibo) Secretariat issued a circular (G/TBT/N/EU/294), to amend the European Parliament and Council REACH regulations appendix XVII cadmium. The amendments include cadmium
coatings
, which are intended to extend the current restrictions on the use of certain cadmium-containing coatings to limit the listing of such coatings, and propose a limit of 0.01% for cadmium-containing coatings.
as one of China's important export markets, china's furniture, household appliances, toys and other consumer goods an important export. Some of the coatings used in these consumer products are cadmium-containing coatings. This time cadmium supervision improvement and upgrading, for furniture coatings, home appliances coatings, toy coatings and other related paint manufacturers put forward the requirements for formula improvement.
Remind the relevant
coating enterprises
, from actively responding to THECH regulations on cadmium-containing coatings new requirements: step up the collection and learning of cadmium directive supporting technical standards, master THECH regulations on cadmium control scope, limit requirements and testing methods; Relevant coating enterprises should also be in accordance with the regulations listed in the project, according to the degree of risk, high-risk raw materials for testing, verification of product compliance.