{"id":15953,"date":"2023-10-11T07:13:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T13:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/knowledge\/?p=15953"},"modified":"2023-10-26T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:49:44","slug":"pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/","title":{"rendered":"New EU Restriction on Formaldehyde: Regulation (EU) 2023\/1464"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15954\" src=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The European Commission published a new entry in Annex XVII of REACH regarding formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers, applicable to a wide range of consumer products.<\/p>\n<p>On July 14, 2023, the European Commission published a new entry in Annex XVII of REACH regarding formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers.<\/p>\n<p>The restriction specifies that formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers shall not be placed on the market in articles after Aug. 6, 2026, if, under the test conditions specified in Appendix 14, the concentration of formaldehyde released from those articles exceeds:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>0.062 mg\/m<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0for furniture and wood-based articles<\/li>\n<li>0.080 mg\/m<sup>3<\/sup>\u00a0for articles other than furniture and wood-based articles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Protect your business and consumers from harmful chemicals with UL Solutions\u2019 chemical testing services. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ul.com\/services\/chemical-testing-and-analysis-services-consumer-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Such substances shall not be placed on the market in road vehicles after Aug. 6, 2027, if, under the test conditions specified in Appendix 14, the concentration of formaldehyde in the interior of those vehicles exceeds 0.062 mg\/m<sup>3<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>View the full article\u00a0from the UL Solutions Regulatory expert team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ul.com\/news\/new-eu-restriction-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-20231464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Commission published a new entry in Annex XVII of REACH regarding formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers, applicable to a wide range of consumer products. On July 14, 2023, the European Commission published a new entry in Annex XVII of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":15954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[210],"ppma_author":[1237],"class_list":{"0":"post-15953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-paint-coatings","8":"tag-regulatory","9":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New EU Restriction on Formaldehyde:<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"New entry in Annex XVII of REACH regarding formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers, applicable to a wide range of consumer products.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New EU Restriction on Formaldehyde:\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New entry in Annex XVII of REACH regarding formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers, applicable to a wide range of consumer products.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Prospector Knowledge Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-11T13:13:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-26T17:49:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Guest Author\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Guest Author\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/15953\\\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/15953\\\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Guest Author\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9085be4b12b9b306a72726c67d147c10\"},\"headline\":\"New EU Restriction on Formaldehyde: Regulation (EU) 2023\\\/1464\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-11T13:13:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-26T17:49:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/15953\\\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":167,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/15953\\\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"regulatory\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Paint &amp; Coatings\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/15953\\\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/15953\\\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\\\/\",\"name\":\"New EU Restriction on Formaldehyde:\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/15953\\\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/15953\\\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-11T13:13:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-26T17:49:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9085be4b12b9b306a72726c67d147c10\"},\"description\":\"New entry in Annex XVII of REACH regarding formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers, applicable to a wide range of consumer products.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/15953\\\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/15953\\\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/15953\\\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":900},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/15953\\\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New EU Restriction on Formaldehyde: Regulation (EU) 2023\\\/1464\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Prospector Knowledge Center\",\"description\":\"Welcome to the blog for UL Prospector, the most comprehensive raw material search engine for product developers.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9085be4b12b9b306a72726c67d147c10\",\"name\":\"Guest Author\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=9615105800a0270a384212262298083881\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Guest Author\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ulprospector.ul.com\\\/author\\\/guest-author\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New EU Restriction on Formaldehyde:","description":"New entry in Annex XVII of REACH regarding formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers, applicable to a wide range of consumer products.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New EU Restriction on Formaldehyde:","og_description":"New entry in Annex XVII of REACH regarding formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers, applicable to a wide range of consumer products.","og_url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/","og_site_name":"Prospector Knowledge Center","article_published_time":"2023-10-11T13:13:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-10-26T17:49:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Guest Author","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Guest Author","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/"},"author":{"name":"Guest Author","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9085be4b12b9b306a72726c67d147c10"},"headline":"New EU Restriction on Formaldehyde: Regulation (EU) 2023\/1464","datePublished":"2023-10-11T13:13:20+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-26T17:49:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/"},"wordCount":167,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1.jpg","keywords":["regulatory"],"articleSection":["Paint &amp; Coatings"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/","url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/","name":"New EU Restriction on Formaldehyde:","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1.jpg","datePublished":"2023-10-11T13:13:20+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-26T17:49:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9085be4b12b9b306a72726c67d147c10"},"description":"New entry in Annex XVII of REACH regarding formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers, applicable to a wide range of consumer products.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/G1059602218-Living-room-ULcom-HEADER-2400x1600-1.jpg","width":1200,"height":900},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/15953\/pc-new-eu-restriction-on-formaldehyde-regulation-eu-2023-1464\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New EU Restriction on Formaldehyde: Regulation (EU) 2023\/1464"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/","name":"Prospector Knowledge Center","description":"Welcome to the blog for UL Prospector, the most comprehensive raw material search engine for product developers.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9085be4b12b9b306a72726c67d147c10","name":"Guest Author","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=9615105800a0270a384212262298083881","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Guest Author"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com"],"url":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/author\/guest-author\/"}]}},"authors":[{"term_id":1237,"user_id":20,"is_guest":0,"slug":"guest-author","display_name":"Guest Author","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15953"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=15953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}