REACH CHEMICAL SAFETY SYSTEM’S DEADLINES LOOM, MAKING WORK FOR TEXTILE AND CLOTHING COMPANIES
August 1st, 2010
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE FIRST deadline for registering key substances under the European Union's (EU) REACH programme for chemical safety controls is looming on November 30 and though it is more than three years since the policy entered into force, a measure of confusion and even anxiety clearly exists in parts of the global textiles industry. It is chemical-intensive and REACH is likely to spell big structural and regional changes, with a theoretical bias against the EU producers directly affected. But the situation is far from simple. Much EU-owned textile and ...
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