INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY UPDATE – ECHA WARNS OF MAJOR CHEMICAL TRADING RULE CHANGES FOLLOWING BREXIT
October 1st, 2017
THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has warned of the major impact on British and other European Union (EU) knitwear companies, especially brands with integrated upstream fabric and finishing units, should the UK quit the EU as planned, on March 29, 2019.
It has released a database seeking to advise chemical producers and users of how their legal obligations will change as a result. ECHA warns British companies: “If your business is in any way part of a supply chain that links you to businesses located within the 27 EU member states remaining after the UK’s ...
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