ECHA: MEPs vote in favour of the improvement of the governance framework, resources, and flexibility

MEPs approved the provisional agreement reached with the Council in June 2026 on a Commission proposal to further improve the current governance framework, resources, and flexibility of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), during a plenary session held in Brussels on 12 November 2026. The text was adopted by 561 votes in favour, 13 against, and 39 abstentions.

This text aims to strengthen the Agency as its responsibilities grow, now including product safety and environmental policy, as well as scientific opinions on restricting microplastics and PFAS. Under the agreement, ECHA’s extended tasks and responsibilities will be consolidated into a single regulation, decoupling the agency from the REACH regulation which initially established it.

Under the provisional agreement, each Member State…