Legal News : Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) is now banned in the EU following the amendment of " REACH"

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Since June 5, the chemical dimethyl fumarate (DMF) was added to the list of products banned in the EU on the basis of REACH.

REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) is a European legislation on chemicals and their safe use. Adopted in 2006 (EC 1907/2006), it modernizes the European legislation and establishes a single integrated system for Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals in the European Union to identify faster and better their intrinsic properties.

Among its important aspects, the regulation specifies the list of chemicals whose use is strictly limited or prohibited because of its impact on human health and / or the environment.

Accordingly, certain chemicals must be specifically declared because of the risk they represent, while others are totally banned in the European market are listed in Annex XVII of Regulation.

You can find more information on REACH at the site of the ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) at :
  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:128:0001:0003:EN:PDF