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CEHTRA is pleased to announce its participation in the SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting, taking place from May 19–21, 2026 in Maastricht. During the event, Floriane Demailly and Mylène Léger will present a scientific poster addressing the implementation challenges associated with the new “rapidly biodegradable” criterion introduced under the recast Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD).

La Directive (UE) 2020/2184 introduit une réforme majeure de la sécurité sanitaire des eaux destinées à la consommation humaine. Son Article 11 est le pilier central des exigences minimales d’hygiène applicables aux matériaux en contact avec l’eau, visant à garantir que ces derniers ne compromettent pas la santé humaine, n'altèrent pas les propriétés organoleptiques de l'eau (notamment le goût, l’odeur ou la couleur) et ne favorisent pas la croissance microbienne.

In today’s organisations, ensuring effective regulatory and toxicological monitoring of chemical substances has become a major challenge for regulatory teams, toxicologists, and R&D departments.

PFAS remain a complex topic for industry stakeholders. Between rapidly evolving regulations, traceability challenges, and analytical limitations, compliance can no longer be reduced to a simple check.

In August 2023, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) jointly published a landmark guidance document on the impact of water treatment processes on residues of active substances in water abstracted for drinking water production (EFSA Journal, doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8194).