EU ROUND UP – ECHA WARNS OF FAKE SMALL CHEMICAL BUSINESS FEE PROBE
November 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEDIUM-sized and large paint and coating coatings companies and their suppliers have wrongly claimed low administrative charges for small businesses under the European Union's (EU) REACH chemical control system, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has warned. After the first November 30 deadline for registering chemicals under REACH has passed, ECHA officials will screen claims for the small business administration rate of Euro EUR8,300 and EUR2,070 for micro businesses, assessing whether these claimants were actually small. If not, it has ...
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