Latvia Proposes Lower Chemical Reporting Threshold For New Hazard Classes

Latvia opened a consultation on 23 October 2026 on extending its lower chemical-reporting threshold to specified newer hazard classes. The proposal affects businesses manufacturing or bringing the relevant substances and mixtures into Latvia. Comments are invited until 6 November 2026. Consultation notice.

More Than 10 Kilograms Per Year

Draft project 26-TA-2326 would amend paragraph 8 of Cabinet Regulation No. 795 on chemical and mixture accounting. Businesses would report covered substances and mixtures when quantities exceed 10 kilograms per year. The trigger is more than 10 kilograms, not 10 kilograms or more. Draft amendment.

The additional classes are:

• Category 1 endocrine disruptors for human health or the environment.
• Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances and mixtures, or PBT.
• Very persistent and very bioaccumulative substances and mixtures, or vPvB.
• Persistent, mobile and toxic substances and mixtures, or PMT.
• Very persistent and very mobile substances and mixtures, or vPvM.

Proposed paragraph 8.

Extending An Existing Reporting Scheme

The consultation explains that EU Delegated Regulation 2023/707 introduced the new hazard classes. Latvia's existing paragraph 8 does not yet include them. Consequently, the general annual reporting threshold of more than 100 kilograms applies to those classifications rather than the lower threshold used for specified particularly hazardous chemicals. Official explanation.

The proposal expands the substances and mixtures covered by the lower threshold. It does not introduce a new reporting procedure. The text remains a draft under public consultation. Consultation scope and objectives.