ASIAN PAINT MAKERS UNHAPPY WITH REACH BUREACRATIC DEMANDS

BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH and EMMA JACKSON WHILE European paint manufacturers are breathing sigh of relief having passed the first major compliance deadline for the European Union's (EU) chemical control system REACH, the same cannot be said for paint manufacturers in India. Asian paint and coating exporters had to register with the programme as well as EU manufacturers, butDr DileepWakankar, vice-president corporate product safety Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited and REACH committee chairman forChemexcil, the Indian government's Base ChemicalsPharmaceuticals ...


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