Brussels, 09/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - With the prolonged absence of legislative proposals by the Commission on the Union's future policy on chemical products, the Environment Council, meeting in Brussels on Monday, had a fruitful public debate on the single system of registration, risk-evaluation and authorisation for chemical substances (so-called "REACH" system), sketched out in the Commission's White Paper of February 2001. This system aims to guarantee a high level of health and...