On 27 April 2026, environment Commissioner Jessica Roswall said to the ENVI Committee that the long-delayed plan to overhaul the REACH Regulation would not go ahead: "We have come to the conclusion to not open REACH at this point".

The EU REACH comprehensive revision plan (REACH 2.0), which had been in preparation for nearly six years and attracted global attention from the chemical industry, was officially shelved, granting the chemical industry a temporary "regulatory breathing space."

Although the comprehensive revision has been abandoned, Roswall emphasized that legislators will instead focus on the "simplification and modernization" of existing provisions. The European Commission can make technical adjustments to REACH through "comitology" procedures without going through the co-legislative process of the European Parliament and the Council of the EU. Additionally, Roswall stated that the Commission will strengthen controls at borders and in the market, enforcing compliance against non-compliant products and substances.