Norway Consults On Further REACH Restrictions For CMR Chemicals Sold To Consumers

The Norwegian Environment Agency has opened a consultation on implementing further REACH restrictions for chemicals supplied to consumers. The 20 October consultation concerns substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction, known as CMR substances.

The agency’s hearing note says the consultation precedes final EU adoption. Comments are due by 25 November 2026.

Consumer-Supply Restrictions

The proposal would add category 1A and 1B CMR substances classified through the 22nd and 23rd adaptations to the EU Classification, Labelling and Packaging Regulation. Listing them in REACH Annex XVII appendices 1–6 would bring them within entries 28–30 and their consumer-supply restrictions.

Those restrictions operate above specified concentration limits and include exemptions. The proposal is not a blanket ban on professional or industrial supply.

Exemptions And National Implementation

The hearing note describes proposed exemptions for nitrous oxide used as a food additive and as an oxidising performance enhancer in licensed motorsport. It says countries could retain or introduce stricter conditions to prevent misuse as an intoxicant.

Norway would update section 1 of its REACH regulation following incorporation of the EU measure into the EEA Agreement. The hearing note does not establish a Norwegian application date.