EU ROUND UP – REACH INSPECTORS GET ONLINE HOTLINE TO COATING COMPANY DATA
August 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
PAINT and coatings companies and their suppliers are to face increased scrutiny by government inspectors charged with ensuring compliance with the European Union's (EU) chemical control system REACH. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a new online REACH Information Portal for Enforcement (RIPE), which gives inspectors Internet access to key information submitted by companies to ECHA. This said a note from the agency "facilitates more effective enforcement in the EU".
Information being transferred includes whether a ...
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