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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8575

30 October 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/chemcial products
Commission proposes modernising legislation on chemical products to protect public health and environment without damaging industrial competitiveness

Brussels, 29/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - This Wednesday, after five years work and intense talks, the Commission presented its proposal for a framework regulation to regulate the registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemical products in the European Union. This draft regulation, named Reach aims to reform EU policy on chemical products to overcome the failures seen in the present legislation, complex and ineffective, since most the chemical substances already on the market have not be...

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