Recital (54)

This Regulation should establish an early warning and action system to identify emerging chemical risks and enable early regulatory follow-up to such risks. To enable the identification and evaluation of emerging chemical risks, the EEA should develop and compile information on early warning signals, draw up an annual summary report and present it to the Authorities. In its work, the EEA should include its own sources and targeted literature searches, and should make use of information from national early warning systems as well as relevant datasets from the EU dataset catalogue established by Regulation (EU) 2025/327 of the European Parliament and of the Council. It should also include relevant information resulting from the related work of the ECHA, the EFSA, EU-OSHA, the EMA and their networks, such as the EFSA’s task of identifying and collecting information on emerging risks under Regulation (EC) No 178/2002. The EEA should make the summary report and the underlying data available through the common data platform, ensuring public access to the data and the report, and the use thereof, for further action on existing and emerging risks concerning chemicals, groups of chemicals, and cumulative exposure to chemicals. In order to allow the EEA sufficient time to organise the collection of early warning signals and to compile and analyse the initial information the EEA should deliver the first report only six months after the end of the first calendar year after the entry into force of this Regulation. Based on the risks and warning signals identified in the report, the Authorities should consider taking regulatory, policy or enforcement action and should provide a justification if they decide not to act. Emerging chemical risks identified in the early warning and action system should also be considered a valuable source of information when setting priorities for the strategic planning of Horizon Europe – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation established by Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the Council.