Abstract
THE LONG-RUNNING SAGA OF REACH—the regime for registration, evaluation, and authorization of chemicals first proposed by the European Commission in 2002—may be nearing a conclusion. And that possibility, or the possibility that the saga will continue, once again has put the issue at the center of industry debate. Both a series of votes by committees in the European Parliament and a massive compromise paper drafted by the British government, which currently presides over the European Union, were high on the list of considerations in Nice, France, earlier this month at what was dubbed the European convention of the global chemical industry. The five-day program included back-to-back meetings of the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC), the London-based Society of Chemical Industry, and the International Council of Chemical Associations. And all of the meetings touched on chemical regulation and the looming REACH program. European companies are worrying how they will comply with whatever compromise res...
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