The authority was approved by the consent of all hands, with the consent of the greater part of the society of the right and the center. The text will have to go back through the Bourbon palace for final adoption.
Teflon burners, food packaging, textiles, cars… After the National Assembly, the Senate will be asked, on Thursday, May 30, to restrict the manufacture and sale of containing products. PFAS this eternal chocolate. massively present in everyday life. The text of the environmentalist proconsul Nicolas Thierry, reviewed by the upper house, was unanimously approved by the voters, with the support of the majority of the right and center.
Many everyday objects contain these substances called polyfluoroalkyl and PFAS, which have the reputation of having a very long life cycle and some harmful health effects.
“Read this, turn off the sound and we can reverse the damage of 80 years of pollution”confirmed Anna Souyris senator from the environmental group, who now hopes to see the text restored in the National Assembly to move for definitive adoption. However, the ban on kitchen utensils, removed from the initial text of the MEPs, was not reported in this regard, despite several attempts by the left.
As during the debates in the Assembly in April, the initiative did not challenge the government too much, although the Minister of Economic Transition, Christophe Béchu, received the text. “Operational and concrete”. “That France can send messages where there is consensus is one thing, but trying to build a framework that remains Europe’s necessity”nevertheless, the minister is reminded of the fear lest France should overtake the European enterprises in the present matter.
The flagship article of the bill, maintained by the Senate, plans to ban from January 1, 2026 the manufacture, import and sale of any cosmetic product, wax product (for skis) or textile clothing product containing PFAS, with the exception of certain industrial ones. text or “Necessary for necessary purposes”.
Tax Nisl manufacturers whose operations emit PFAS, in principle “polluter pays”also appears in the text. These two key measures are used with a few marginal reservations, such as from the range of products contained in the ban. “footprints left behind” PFAS, the maximum level of which will be determined by decree.