Brussels, 02/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - Addressing the European Parliament environment committee on Tuesday 1 September, Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen said that “2010 will be a crucial year for the transposition of the very ambitious REACH legislation”. With the activities of the European Chemicals Agency to be launched, he did not hide his concern at the desire shown by the Council to reduce the Agency's operating budget by €5 million. “We cannot adopt legislation that...