Market surveillance rounds in several EU countries have found banned pigments and non-compliant inks still being sold after REACH restrictions — a supply-chain and enforcement gap. The practical outcome has been intensified market sampling, more lab testing, and lawsuits/recalls in some jurisdictions. This picture has prompted calls for mandatory batch-level certificates of analysis, third-party testing, and stronger import controls to prevent non-conforming inks from reaching studios and consumers.
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