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PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT
Exporters need to notify EU authorities regarding

trade of 40 more hazardous chemicals

Finland-based European Chemicals export notification and explicit consent Annex I. The status of two substances,
Agency (ECHA) has informed that from the importing country. It now cyanamide and warfarin, already listed
effective from 1 March 2025, EU ex- includes 321 entries. in Annex I, is updated. Once the
porters are required to notify their inten- amendment enters into force, their
tion to export 40 additional hazardous The latest 40 chemicals added to the exports will need an explicit consent in
chemicals. This requirement follows PIC Annex I include 35 pesticides and addition to export notification.
the recent decision of the European five used as industrial chemicals. These
Commission to add new chemicals to include, for example, abamectin, dife- A subgroup of PFAS, perfluoro-
the EU’s Prior Informed Consent (PIC) nacoum, fenpropimorph, dimetho- hexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts
Regulation. morph, triadimenol and penflufen. and PFHxS-related compounds, is added
to Annex V of PIC which contains
The PIC Regulation governs the A chemical’s inclusion in Annex chemicals with an export ban. This
trade of certain hazardous chemicals I means that companies need to make update follows the listing of the group
that are banned or severely restricted in an export notification to ECHA before as persistent organic pollutant in the
the EU. It places obligations on com- starting their exports (chemicals in part Stockholm convention.
panies that wish to export these chemi- 1 of Annex I). Most of the newly added
cals to non-EU countries or import substances (38) also need an explicit ECHA’s IT tool ePIC has been
them into the EU. The European Com- consent from importing countries updated to reflect these changes and
mission annually updates PIC Annex before the export can take place, as companies can now notify their exports
I, which lists the chemicals subject to they are included both in part 1 and 2 of of these chemicals.
LEADERSHIP CHANGES
Barentz appoints Derk Jan Terhorst as new CEO

Barentz, the Dutch speciality ingre- us well for an exciting future. ingredients sector,” commented
dients distributor, has appointed I look forward to building on Mr. Terhorst.
Mr. Derk Jan Terhorst as Group CEO, our strong foundations and
effective 1 January 2025. He will take leading Barentz through the A new CFO has been select-
over from Mr. Terry Hill who served as next chapter of growth, as ed and will start on 1 May, 2025.
interim CEO since May 2024. we strive to become a global Until then, Mr. Terhorst will continue
leader in the speciality to assume CFO responsibilities.
Mr. Terhorst has been with Barentz
for more than three years as Group Syngenta divests US FarMore vegetable seed
CFO. Prior to joining Barentz, he held treatment platform to Gowan SeedTech
senior management positions in Ahold Syngenta Crop Protection and use on vegetable crops. The transac-
Delhaize and Tony’s Chocolonely, gain- Gowan SeedTech, a US-based family- tion includes the divestment of certain
ing significant expertise in international owned agriculture solutions business, specific Syngenta trademarks, recipes,
financial management, with experience have entered into a sale agreement registrations, and other assets used in
spanning Europe and the USA. with Gowan acquiring Syngenta’s the FarMore technology platform in
FarMore technology vegetable seed the US. Syngenta also has agreed to
“Barentz has built an impressive treatment platform in the US. The supply its proprietary vegetable seed
legacy, and I believe our winning stra- FarMore technology platform is a pre- treatment products to Gowan for its use
tegy – focusing on best-in-class princi- cise on-seed application of separately in FarMore technology offerings. The
pal management, sales acceleration, registered seed protection products financial terms of the transaction were
and operational excellence – positions combined into proprietary recipes for not disclosed.

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