In order to enable citizens to make informed consumption choices, the legislator wanted to improve information on the presence of chemicals that could have an impact on their health and the environment in waste-generating products. In order to do so, it is necessary to establish the supplementary list of substances that are to be the subject of such information, in addition to and in accordance with Decree No 2021-1285.

The Order establishes a list of substances whose level of concern is comparable to that of substances of very high concern, in accordance with Decree No 2021-1285 of 1 October 2021 on the identification of hazardous substances in waste-generating products (notified). The substances listed in the Order come from the ANSES opinion of 25 March 2021 on the implementation of the provisions relating to consumer information on chemical substances in products, provided for in Article 13 of the Law on combating waste and on the circular economy, known as the ‘AGEC Law’. Information on the substances on this list established by the Order must be communicated to consumers as soon as they are present in more than 0.1 % by mass of waste-generating products, in accordance with Decree No 2022-748 of 29 April 2022 on consumer information about the environmental qualities and characteristics of waste-generating products (notified).