The European Commission has lowered the fees and charges that small and medium-size enterprises (SME) have to pay to register chemicals under the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (Reach) legislation...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) says it expects that European Union member states will carry out on average 50 substance evaluations every year under the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals...
Industry groups reacted positively to President Obama's commitment to a US and European Union (EU) trade initiative in his State of the Union address on 12 February. Obama said that discussions will center on phasing out tariffs and reducing regulatory...
Six sodium chlorate manufacturers have established a consortium to seek authorization under Europe's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (Reach) regulation for the use of sodium dichromate as a processing aid in the sodium...
The European Commission, in a report published today, says that the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (Reach) regulation has helped to make the use of chemicals in Europe considerably safer. "More...
The European Chemicals Agency (Helsinki) has recommended a further 10 substances of very high concern (SVHC) for authorization under the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (Reach) legislation. The SVHCs were...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) says that, following a request from the European Commission, it is examining the case for expanding the restriction on cadmium in plastics—under the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation...
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) has added 54 substances of very high concern (SVHC) to the candidate list of substances for authorization under the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (Reach)...
ReachCentrum, a subsidiary of Cefic, says that nine manufacturers of expanded polystyrene (EPS) have joined forces to establish a hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)-authorization consortium for the preparation of an application for authorization of the use of the...
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