REACH LATEST
May 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) controversial REACH chemical control package will not substantially affect EU downstream chemical users such as the dying industry, European Commission-ordered studies have concluded. EU industry Commissioner Günter Verheugen and environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said they showed "there is limited evidence that downstream users will be faced with a withdrawal of substances of greatest technical importance to them". They continued: "The study shows that chemical suppliers and formulators will prefer to register ...
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