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Microplastics annual reporting requirement begins May 2027
EU REACH ANNEX XVII Entry 78European CommissionEU
Announced
Mar 26, 2025
Effective
May 31, 2027
Implementation
May 31, 2027
Description
Under Entry 78 of Annex XVII REACH (microplastics restriction), suppliers who supply synthetic polymer microparticles to professional users or the general public must comply with annual reporting obligations starting 31 May 2027. The first report covers uses and emissions from January to December 2026, with yearly reporting thereafter.
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Microplastics annual reporting requirement begins May 2027
users or to the general public, then it is subject to the reporting obligations in Paragraph 12 from 31 May 2027 (for uses and emissions between January and December 2026) and yearly after. See also Q&A 2.37 and 6.3. 6.8. With regards to pharmaceutical ingredients, what information must manufacturers communicate to their DUs (e.g. IFUD and/or degradability and solubility data) and in what format? 26 Some pharmaceutic