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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10286
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/hazardous chemicals

More than three million notifications

Brussels, 04/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has received 3,114,835 notifications on the classification of chemical substances in line with new EU rules. All companies manufacturing or importing hazardous substances were required to classify them by 1 December 2010 and notify ECHA by 3 January 2011. Classification, the Commission says in a press release, is essential to determine whether a chemical is dangerous for health and the environment, and will determine...