Recitals
- Recital (1)The conditions for placing on the market, and for making available on the market, detergents and surfactants for detergents have been…
- Recital (2)The Commission’s evaluation of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 concluded that that Regulation has achieved its objectives to a large extent.…
- Recital (3)Certain new market developments, in particular the development of detergents containing micro-organisms and the refill sale of detergents,…
- Recital (4)The Fitness Check of the most relevant chemicals legislation, which did not include Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament…
- Recital (5)Decision No 768/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council lays down common principles and reference provisions intended to…
- Recital (6)In order to ensure legal certainty and a level playing field for economic operators, the existing definition of detergent should be…
- Recital (7)As surfactants are the main ingredients in detergents, the existing biodegradability requirements should be maintained. Since surfactants…
- Recital (8)The European Green Deal has set a goal to better protect human health and the environment as part of an ambitious approach to tackle…
- Recital (9)Since the Union already has one of the most comprehensive and protective regulatory frameworks for chemicals, supported by the most…
- Recital (10)Surfactants are surface-active agents that help break down the interface between water and oils or dirt. They are one of the main…
- Recital (11)There are some substances used in detergents, other than surfactants, which can remain in wastewater after use and, if not removed by…
- Recital (12)Phosphorus is another key ingredient used in detergents. However, phosphorus and its compounds cause damage to ecosystems and aquatic…
- Recital (13)In recent years, novel cleaning products have been developed that contain living micro-organisms as active ingredients. Micro-organisms…
- Recital (14)Since micro-organisms are not subject to registration pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 or to any other Union law requiring…
- Recital (15)In accordance with Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, it is necessary to replace, reduce or refine testing…
- Recital (16)To ensure a high degree of protection of public interest, and to guarantee fair competition on the internal market, economic operators…
- Recital (17)All economic operators intervening in the supply and distribution chain should take appropriate and effective measures to ensure that they…
- Recital (18)In order to enable economic operators to demonstrate, and the competent authorities to verify, that detergents and surfactants made…
- Recital (19)The manufacturers, having detailed knowledge of the design and production process, are best placed to ensure compliance of the detergent or…
- Recital (20)Given that detergents and surfactants can have a long shelf life and to ensure coherence with the requirements to keep documentation under…
- Recital (21)To facilitate compliance of the manufacturers with their obligations under this Regulation, manufacturers established in the Union should…
- Recital (22)With a view to facilitating communication between economic operators, market surveillance authorities and consumers, economic operators…
- Recital (23)In order to safeguard the functioning of the internal market and to ensure that the objective of providing a high degree of protection of…
- Recital (24)Since importers play a key role in guaranteeing the compliance of imported detergents and surfactants in the Union market, when placing a…
- Recital (25)As distributors make a detergent or surfactant available on the market after it has been placed on the market by the manufacturer or…
- Recital (26)Since distributors, importers and, where applicable, authorised representatives are close to the marketplace and have an important role in…
- Recital (27)Importers and distributors that either place a detergent or surfactant on the market under their own name or trademark or modify a…
- Recital (28)Since industrial and institutional detergents are used by specialised personnel outside the domestic sphere, they are subject to different…
- Recital (29)To ensure a high degree of protection of human health, given the wide availability of detergents and end-user surfactants and the high risk…
- Recital (30)Labels communicate important use and safety information to users, for example, the presence in detergents and surfactants of skin or…
- Recital (31)Since the labelling of detergents and surfactants could fall under multiple Union legal acts, the information on detergents’ and…
- Recital (32)Fragrance substances are organic compounds with characteristic, usually pleasant, odours, which are widely used in detergents as well as in…
- Recital (33)Additional labelling requirements are needed for certain substances, such as preservatives, in order to ensure a high degree of human…
- Recital (34)Information on the correct amount of detergent that consumers need to use when undertaking cleaning activities, namely dosage information,…
- Recital (35)Digital labelling could improve the communication of labelling information both by avoiding overcrowded physical labels and by allowing…
- Recital (36)To avoid imposing an unnecessary administrative burden on economic operators and since the digital label is complementary to the physical…
- Recital (37)Digital labelling could also create challenges for vulnerable population groups with no or insufficient digital skills and accentuate the…
- Recital (38)For detergents and surfactants sold to end-users through refill, it should be possible for a more extensive amount of information to be…
- Recital (39)To ensure a level playing field among economic operators making detergents available on the market, and to protect consumers and other…
- Recital (40)Given the current development of digital skills, economic operators should also provide labelling information by alternative means to…
- Recital (41)Since detergents and end-user surfactants have the same use and present the same risks irrespective of the format in which they are made…
- Recital (42)In order to keep pace with technological developments and new means of sale, while ensuring good information for consumers and efficient…
- Recital (43)Ensuring traceability of a detergent or surfactant throughout the whole supply chain helps to make market surveillance simpler and more…
- Recital (44)Manufacturers should create a digital product passport to provide information on the compliance of detergents and end-user surfactants with…
- Recital (45)To avoid placing costs on companies that are disproportionate to the wider benefits, the digital product passport should be specific to the…
- Recital (46)To avoid duplication of investment into digitalisation by all actors involved, including manufacturers, market surveillance authorities and…
- Recital (47)In particular, Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council also lays down requirements and technical…
- Recital (48)The digital product passport for detergents and end-user surfactants created under this Regulation should therefore comply with the same…
- Recital (49)It is crucial to make clear to both manufacturers and users that, by creating the digital product passport for a detergent or end-user…
- Recital (50)Where information is provided only digitally, it is necessary to clarify that such information should be provided through a single data…
- Recital (51)Chapter VII of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and the Council, which establishes the rules regarding controls on…
- Recital (52)In addition to the framework of controls established by Chapter VII of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, customs authorities should be able to…
- Recital (53)Where detergents and end-user surfactants coming from third countries are placed under the customs procedure of release for free…
- Recital (54)The data included in the digital product passport are intended to allow customs authorities to enhance and facilitate risk management and…
- Recital (55)The automatic verification by customs authorities of the digital product passport reference for detergents and surfactants entering the…
- Recital (56)Market surveillance is an essential instrument for ensuring the proper and uniform application of Union law. Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 sets…
- Recital (57)Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 provides for a safeguard procedure which allows the Commission to examine the justification for a measure taken…
- Recital (58)Experience gained regarding the application of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 has shown that detergents and surfactants which were compliant…
- Recital (59)In order to take into account technical and scientific progress or new scientific evidence, and the level of digital readiness, the power…
- Recital (60)In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission…
- Recital (61)In view of the need to ensure a high degree of human health and environmental protection and the need to take into account new developments…
- Recital (62)This Regulation introduces the possibility of providing part of the mandatory labelling information only on digital labels in certain…
- Recital (63)In order to ensure legal certainty and to prevent waste, economic operators need to be able to sell stock that is either in the…
- Recital (64)To further ensure legal certainty and prevent waste, it is important that economic operators be able, for a limited period after the date…
- Recital (65)Since the objectives of this Regulation, namely to guarantee the functioning of the internal market while ensuring that detergents and…
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