Forum REF-4, project report : harmonised enforcement project on restrictions

REF-4 was the fourth REACH-EN-FORCE project of the Forum. The aims of the project were to raise awareness of restrictions in REACH Annex XVII, to identify non-compliance related to restrictions in the EU-market, to follow-up with enforcement action and to achieve a greater degree of compliance and thus a greater degree of health and environmental protection. There were 29 countries participating to the project and 27 of them reported their results in a way that they could be included in the combined results. From these 27 countries, 5 625 product checks were reported. These product checks covered 17 substances, 1 009 mixtures and 4 599 articles. The scope of the project was chosen by the Forum and it covered 14 different restriction entries in REACH Annex XVII. Some countries also checked other entries than those 14 and product checks on eight additional entries were reported. These additional cases are also incorporated into the figures presented in this report.