European Commission closes EU proposal to nominate siloxanes D4, D5 and D6 under the Stockholm Convention

The European Commission’s ‘International agreements (Chemicals)’ page states that the Commission decided to close its proposal to nominate the siloxanes D4 (octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane), D5 (decamethylcyclopentasiloxane) and D6 (dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane) under the Stockholm Convention. For compliance teams, this indicates the EU is no longer pursuing these substances for Stockholm Convention listing via its nomination route (at least as reflected in this update), which may affect expectations and internal regulatory watchlists for future global POP listing actions on these siloxanes.