An investigation report to be released by the EU REACH enforcement agency found that one out of five toys inspected on the market was found to contain phthalates that did not comply with EU regulations and contained excessive amounts. REACH-En-Force-4 (Ref-4), an enforcement unit under the EU ECHA, surveyed the products on the market in 29 countries for the 14 hazardous substance restriction specifications in Appendix 17 of REACH and found the following five major categories of non-compliance with REACH Violations: ˙ Among 464 toy products, 19.7% was found to contain phthalates such as DEHP, DBP and BBP exceeding the limit; ˙ Among 86 items of brazing fillers, 14.4% was found to have cadmium; ˙ 213 items Among the finished products, 13.6% was found to contain asbestos; ˙ Among 467 leather products, 13.3% was found to contain hexavalent chromium; ˙ Among 124 items of jewelry, 12.1% was found to contain cadmium. The supervisor of Ref-4 said that a total of 5,625 items were sampled for inspection in this survey, of which 17 items were substances, 1,009 items were mixtures, and the other 4,599 items were finished products. Moreover, in order to cope with the current changes in consumer purchasing behavior, approximately 20% of the above 5,625 items were purchased in online shopping malls to reflect current consumer behavior. We hereby urge Taiwanese small and medium-sized enterprise manufacturers to sell their products and parts to the EU to confirm whether the raw materials and processing processes contain hazardous substances specified in the REACH directive. If the products or processes must be added, they must

The EU is currently actively promoting circular economy initiatives. While promoting circular economy, it also proposes future plans for regulatory adjustment. Bjorn Hansen, Director of the European Chemical Agency (ECHA), made an important point in his inauguration speech. In addition to promoting the circular economy, countries around the world will inevitably face the reuse of recycled materials, and the application of these recycled materials may be very diverse. Extensive, even atypical. Therefore, as the European Union's chemical substance control agency, ECHA should have equally stringent requirements for chemical substances in recycled materials, or it should lower the requirements and provide more exclusionary scenarios to help increase recycling rates and accelerate the popularization of circular economy. Transitioning to a circular economy usually advocates the recycling of materials that still have value and can be recycled. However, how to find a balance between the control of hazardous substances and improving the recycling rate of materials is ECHA's top priority. The current regulations and measures taken by the European Union to promote the circular economy have much stricter standards for new materials than recycled materials. For example, under the REACH regulations, new PVC materials are not allowed to contain cadmium, but the exclusion items in the REACH regulations allow that in certain applications, recycled PVC materials can contain cadmium. Will EU consumers be happy to see harmful substances continue to exist in consumer products despite a sustainable cycle? These concerns have been raised by more than just ECHA. Also raised in the EU Parliament’s consultation meeting on the adjustment of chemical substances, products and waste regulations