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European Aerosol Federation

FEA

The Federation’s object is to promote the European aerosol industry.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Review of the requirements for packaging and feasibility of measures to prevent packaging waste

10 Mar 2023

All aerosol dispensers independently of the container material should be covered by the same legal provisions. In the Annex II Table 1, the format aerosols is correctly included in the categories No 5 Metal / Steel and No 7 Metal / Aluminium. However the format aerosols is missing in the categories No 2 Glass / Composite packaging, of which the majority is glass and No 12 Plastic / PET rigid. FEA advocates to include the format aerosols in the categories No 2 Glass / Composite packaging, of which the majority is glass and No 12 Plastic / PET rigid in the Annex II Table 1. We also noted that the word 'aerosols' has been uncorrectly translated in several linguistic versions. The wording in all linguistic versions should be aligned on the wording used in the Aerosol Dispensers Directive 75/324/EEC. Kind regards,
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Response to Review of the general product safety directive

4 Oct 2021

The European Aerosol Federation (FEA) welcomes the proposal to replace the Directive on General Product Safety with an EU Regulation as this will facilitate an improved harmonised application of the law across the EU. We also welcome the principles of application expressed in Article 2, i.e. that products with harmonised sector legislation, such as aerosol dispensers, are excluded from certain chapters of the GPSR and from specific GPSR provisions, when the sector legislation has specific provisions with the same objective. However FEA has a very strong reservation concerning the introduction of the word “misuse” in the definition of “safe product” (Article 3(2). – Definitions). In practice most, if not all, consumer products can be misused, as is frequently demonstrated on video platforms. The word “misuse” should be deleted from the definition of ‘safe product’ because its inclusion makes it impossible for any consumer product, including aerosol dispensers, to meet the requirements of proposed Article 5 i.e. Economic operators shall place or make available on the Union market only safe products. FEA is of opinion that the well-established distinction "under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use" should be maintained as such.
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Meeting with Rolf Carsten Bermig (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

21 Sept 2018 · Aerosol Dispensers Directive