PAINT AND COATINGS SECTOR FACES NEW REACH REGISTRATION DEADLINE AND REVIEW
May 1st, 2012
BY ROBERT STOKES
THE SECOND deadline for registering substances under the European Union's (EU) law on the 'registration, evaluation & authorisation of chemicals' (REACH) is approaching - on May 31, 2013. It applies to all chemical substances manufactured or imported into the EU at and above 100 tonnes-a-year.
It is a deadline that the paints and coatings industry has to heed, and just to complicate matters, REACH - already probably the EU's most complex piece of legislation - is now undergoing a review that included consultation with the paint, coatings and ...
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