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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8527

26 August 2003
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/chemical products
German government, chemical industry and trade unions, as well as MEP Karl-Heinz Florenz, call on Commission to amend its stance

Brussels, 25/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - Taking a joint stance, the German Environment and Economy Ministers, the German chemicals industry and the German trade unions for that sector (IG BCE) call on the European Commission to amend its draft legislation on the registration, assessment and authorisation of chemical substances, known as REACH. They say that, in their present form, the measures envisaged by the Commission are a danger for the competitiveness of companies and for employment (see...

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