The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki), has flagged to producers and importers of chemicals in Europe that they must notify ECHA if their products contain any of seven substances included in the candidate list published in June 2011. Companies...
Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Thales have joined the Environmental Materials Information Technology (EMIT) Consortium, a group which shares information on sustainable materials. The consortium uses software tools and information systems that embed...
A survey of 50 European Union (EU) policy makers commissioned by Cefic shows that 84% of respondents either agree or somewhat agree “that there is a general perception of mistrust around chemicals.” The findings were presented today at...
Opinion Article by Ragnar Lofstedt PhD, Professor and Director, Kings Centre for Risk Management Department of Geography, King’s College, London. Since the early 1970s with the formation of environmental regulatory agencies in many European...
by Lisa Allen, ReachReady, an affiliate of the Chemical Industries Association (London) Successful REACH registration is something that is now under many a company’s belt. However, achieving it was often quite a challenge, not least getting started in...
by Giles Chappell, attorney, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (Brussels). On July 1, 2011, Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment - the “recast RoHS Directive” - was...
Cefic sector group The European Flame Retardants Association (EFRA; Brussels) says it “warmly welcomes” the European Union’s July 1 amendment to the directive for Restrictions of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki), the European Union (EU) body tasked with implementing the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (Reach) program, in a new report, says that the Reach regulation is “working well.”...
Leaders of some key major fine chemical manufacturers in Europe, along with industry body the European Fine Chemicals Group (EFCG; Brussels), say they are concerned that the European Chemicals Agency Union (ECHA; Helsinki) is changing the rules regarding the...
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