REACH ENFORCEMENT BEGINS – GOOD THING TOO SAYS ADHESIVES SECTOR

BY KEITH NUTHALL AS the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) begins its first coordinated enforcement checks of the REACH chemical control system, Europe's top adhesives industry federation has stressed concerns about its potential uneven application country-to-country. ECHA announced on April 30 it has launched 'REACH-EN-FORCE-1', a joint enforcement project with national inspectors checking pre-registrations, registrations and work on REACH safety data sheets. An agency communiqué said: "The project will thus give a first impression of the level of ...


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