AUSTRIA/SWITZERLAND FEATURE
August 1st, 2005
BY ALAN OSBORNIN both the Austrian and Swiss paint industries the European Union's (EU) chemicals policy, and in particular next year's introduction of the regulatory framework known as REACH, hang like a grim cloud over the near to mid term future. REACH will require the registration and risk analysis of some 30,000 substances, placing huge demands on industry. In Austria companies face the added challenge of the country's own Biozid-Produkt-Gesetzes in 2006 which will impose stringent requirements on manufacturers for the uniform authorisation of organic and ...
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