Recital 20

(20)Following the ambition of the Communication from the Commission of 14 October 2020‘Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment’ ¹⁸ , to help to prevent and control pollution it is particularly important to progressively phase out the most harmful substances from products for consumer or professional use except when their use has been proven to be essential for society and to substitute or minimise the production and use of substances of concern, as far as possible.