EU OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY ROUND UP
October 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE FIRST formal votes have been held on the European Union's (EU) proposed chemical control system REACH, with amendments being passed by the European Parliament's environment committee that will generally make life more difficult for petrochemical producers.MEPs rejected the idea of a light touch for materials produced only in small quantities of between one to 10 tonnes. Also, the committee approved an amendment saying petrochemicals deemed potentially harmful be approved for only five years and then be subject to further testing. A November ...
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