U.K. Pushes for One-Year Delay to EU Reach Registration

Vince Cable, the U.K. government’s business secretary, and Caroline Spelman, environment secretary, have called on the European Commission to postpone the November 30 registration deadline for the European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (Reach) program by one year. The two senior government officials say they have written a letter to Antonio Tajani, European commissioner for industry, and Janez Potocnik, European commissioner for environment, calling for a phasing in of the registration process to prevent...

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