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<p>Under the Construction Products Regulation, MDF manufactured in Europe must be
labelled to European standards ‘E1’ or ‘E2’. 95% of EU companies comply voluntarily
with the ‘E1’ standard, meeting World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.</p><p>Proposals
for a restriction to control formaldehyde releases from articles (which would include
wood-based panels) are being considered under the EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation
and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regime. The European Chemicals Agency is expected
to produce its opinion on the proposal around 20 March 2020, though the subsequent
adoption of a legislative decision will be dependent on the outcome of further discussions.</p><p>In
a no deal exit from the EU, all existing EU restrictions will continue in the UK.
A UK REACH system would retain the process for restricting a chemical.</p>
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