Fact sheets

Our fact sheets contain advice about rules on chemicals and help to you who are an importer, manufacturer, salesperson or user of chemical Products or other articles containing chemicals. The fact sheets are also useful to municipality officers.

Picture of the fact-sheet Rules for chemicals in toys by the Swedish Chemicals Agency

Rules for chemicals in toys

Here you can read about the regulations that apply to chemicals in toys.

Fact sheet – Brief information regarding the rules governing chemical substances in articles

Brief information on the rules for chemical substances in articles

This fact sheet provides a brief introduction to the rules on chemical substances in articles.

Registration of chemical compositions by suppliers of chemical products

Companies importing chemical products to Sweden are obliged to report their products to the Swedish Chemicals Agency. If they do not have access to the composition details of the products they need help from their supplier. You as a supplier might need to report the product composition to the Swedish Chemicals Agency. This fact sheet tells you how to do it.

Fact sheet - Articles treated with biocides

Articles treated with biocides

Information on EU Regulations governing articles treated with biocides which you need to know in order to make demands on your supplier or manufacturer.

Fact sheet – Chemical requirements in the POPs Regulation

Chemical requirements in the POPs Regulation

The EU’s Regulation on persistent organic pollutants, known as the POPs Regulation (EC) No 850/2004, bans or restricts the manufacture and use of substances with particularly serious health and environmental properties.

Fact sheet – Dangerous metals in jewellery

Dangerous metals in jewellery

Jewellery is often made from several different materials which can contain harmful substances.