TEXTILE INDUSTRY WARNED REACH DEADLINE IS APPROACHING
September 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
TEXTILE, clothing and textile finishing chemical companies using, manufacturing or importing products to the European Union (EU) have less than 12 weeks to register their use of chemicals with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). The European Commission has warned missing a November 30 deadline risks a ban on their use of a particular chemical. This first date is for substances companies produce or import in volumes of 1,000 tonnes-per-year or more; carcinogenic or mutagenic chemicals or those toxic to reproduction; and those very toxic to the ...
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