Position paper on the REACH dossier Chromium VI compounds

Mid April  six major European and national surface treatment associations - CETS, AOT, SEA, VECCO, Vereniging ION, and ZVO - have signed a position paper on “Chromium VI compounds - Recommendation from the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits” (SCOEL/REC/386).

The associations highly appreciate the increasing interest of DG EMPL and SCOEL in Occupational Exposure Limits and want to support the search for better regulation by giving statements on epidemiological studies, standardisation of the assessment of data and studies, and risk-risk trade-offs.

The associations would hereby like to encourage the European Commission to give OELs preference over other regulatory approaches, given that they are already well established in the industry and easy to enforce.