ECHA reports RAC/SEAC progressed EU-wide PFAS restriction evaluation; RAC opinion expected March 2026 and SEAC draft opinion to proceed to consultation

ECHA reported progress by its Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) and Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) in evaluating the proposed EU-wide PFAS restriction under REACH. ECHA indicated RAC is expected to adopt its opinion in March 2026 and SEAC is expected to agree a draft opinion to be followed by a stakeholder consultation. Compliance teams should treat this as a timeline signal for when the restriction proposal could move closer to a Commission decision and begin preparing supply-chain use information and substitution planning for potentially affected PFAS uses.