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The use of bisphenol A and its alternatives in thermal paper in the EU during 2014 - 2022
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The use of bisphenol A and its alternatives in thermal paper in the EU during 2014 - 2022

June 2020

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This is the fourth and final report on the use of BPA, bisphenol S (BPS) and other developers in thermal paper in the EU. ECHA has been issuing annual updates following the publication of the Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2235 concerning the restriction of BPA in thermal paper. This report covers the period from 2014 to 2019, thereby encompassing the entire time span from the date that BPA was added to the REACH restricted substances list (Annex XVII) on 12 December 2016 right up to when the restriction came into effect on 2 January 2020. There are two main objectives for this report. On the one hand, the main focus will be centred on analysing the historical data from 2014-2019 to highlight the extent to which industry has substituted away from BPA in favour of other alternatives, which were already identified in the French restriction dossier. On the other hand, additional attention will be afforded to forecasting industry trends following the restriction coming into effect. In addition, bisphenols are currently being assessed as part of ECHA’s work on groups6 of similar substances rather than as individual substances. As part of this work, other bisphenol substances than those already mentioned, (and covered in Appendix III), have been implicated as being used in thermal paper inside or outside the EU.
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ISBN 978-92-9481-591-0
DOI 10.2823/592282
Catalogue number ED-04-20-288-EN-N
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ISSN ISBN 978-92-9481-591-0 DOI 10.2823/592282 Catalogue number ED-04-20-288-EN-N
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