ECHA Deems Reach Registration a Success

Geert Dancet, executive director of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) says the Reach registration of high volume and hazardous chemicals, which closed recently, has been a “success.” ECHA says its online registration system for the European Union (EU) Reach program was operating normally despite a last minute rush for companies to register their substances. “I congratulate companies for rising to the challenge to comply with Reach,” Dancet says. ECHA had received 24,675 registration dossiers for 4,300 substances. The overall...

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