The British Chamber of Commerce | EU & Belgium is pleased to present its Position Paper on the European Union's Universal PFAS Restriction Proposal. The Chamber represents businesses from around the globe with a stake in EU-UK economic relations.
Bringing cross sectoral perspectives, we fully understand the need to regulate PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), however, given the importance of some of these materials to the EU-UK economy, key strategic technologies and their supply chains, the need for a more proportionate and practicable EU Universal PFAS Restriction has become an important point of concern.
BritCham calls on the EU to urgently reconsider the PFAS restriction proposal in its current form.
We urge the EU to propose a more pragmatic, risk-based, targeted approach that provides legal certainty to enable the ongoing use of those materials which are strategic for the EU-UK economy and closely integrated value chains.