EU REACH CHEMICAL CONTROL SYSTEM IMPOSES DEMANDS ON US AND JAPANESE COMPANIES
June 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL, in London, and JULIAN RYALL, in TokyoTHE INTRODUCTION on June 1 of the European Union's (EU) Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals system - better known as REACH - will have a far-reaching impact on chemical manufacturers and distributors around the world, with companies operating in Japan expecting it to lead to higher costs - although they accept that its aims are positive.Arguably the EU's most ambitious legal initiative designed to boost its environmental health, REACH will involve a series of deadlines come into force ...
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