EU CHEMICALS AGENCY OFFERS UK COMPANIES IT LIFELINE IN CASE OF NO DEAL BREXIT

THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is opening a special computer portal to help UK finishing chemical manufacturers and formulators who want to protect themselves against Britain crashing out of the European Union (EU) without a deal on March 29. It will open a ‘Brexit window’ in its computer system, REACH-IT, from March 12 to 29. This will enable UK chemical companies to either transfer their business ownership location to one of the 27 countries remaining in the EU or appoint what is called an EU-based ‘only representative’ in REACH jargon, to handle ...


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