Brussels, 18/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - Little progress was noted by the Competitiveness Council on the REACH regulation, which aims to reform the European chemicals policy by imposing obligations on the industry to register and assess the risks of some 30,000 chemicals already on the market, and by guaranteeing the limited authorisation of these substances in the European Union. The difficulties with reconciling the competitiveness of the European chemical industry and protection...