Group 5.8, 'Chemicals Law, Administration' deals with tasks related to chemicals law in three subunits. Its activities include dealing with general questions on industrial chemicals and biocidal products and the application of relevant EU regulations.
Its main tasks include providing legal and procedural support for the implementation of all legislation carried out by the Federal Agency for Chemicals. It also advises national enforcement as well as customs authorities on questions of interpretation of the law on chemicals. Furthermore, the group plays a key role in implementing the PIC procedure in accordance with the Rotterdam Convention. The group also acts as an inter-face with the EU in the enforcement of the POPs Regulation. The group also plays a particularly important role in the enforcement of chemicals legislation – the German member of the European Chemicals Agency Forum is also part of the group.