Happy to report that it is 1 October 2021. The Commission will publish an update on 25 February 2020.
Good lawmaking is meant to be clear. I hope it is not controversial to suggest you can read the law and know when to apply it.
And, if like in the EU, where the legal texts are in different languages, you’d hope they had the same date.
Not so for the latest update to the CLP (the 14th) That’s the one with TiO2 listed.
In my anglo focused head, I only read the English version (link). I looked at 9 September 2021 and thought nothing more of it.
A very diligent colleague pointed out some strange anomalies. The date when the rules can be applied is on 3 different dates!
The French text, the legally binding text, forgot to add the date!
My German is appalling, but even I can work out that they sided with the English text (link).
Most other language texts, like the Swedish version, and opt for 1 October 2021.
A few versions are based on the French text and are just not clear.
The Dutch version, which I understand okay, avoids letting us know the date of application.
I am told the Croatian and Hungarian versions follow the ‘hedge your bets’ line on when the law is applied.
Let’s hope the Commission get publish a correction soon.