EU - New Substance Restriction under REACH Regulation

​The EU places a new restriction under Annex XVII to REACH Regulation. The new entry (76) will restrict the industrial and professional use, as well as the placing on the market of N,N-dimethylformamide on its own or in mixtures in a concentration no more than 0.3% after December 12, 2023.

DMFa is commonly used as a solvent in direct or transfer polyurethane coating processes on textiles and paper material or in the production of polyurethane membranes and, for the synthetic fiber manufacturing, where DMFa is used as a solvent in the dry and wet spinning processes of synthetic fibers.