Tag Archives: REACH
REACH Fees Shrink for SMEs
Last year, a review of Europe’s REACH regulation concluded that complying with REACH regulation obligations posed a disproportionate cost burden on Small to Mid-sized Enterprises, or SMEs, relative to the burden of larger companies. Depending on the size of the … Continue reading
REACH Review Published
So, after 5 years of REACH regulation, what is the public perception of chemicals in Europe? The European Commission ran a “Eurobarometer” survey on the public perception of chemicals. The target sample size in most countries was 1,000 interviews. In total, … Continue reading
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Korea’s REACH Chemical Law
In February 2011, the South Korean Ministry of the Environment released a draft of “the Act on the Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals.” The Ministry of Environment is the South Korean branch of government charged with environmental protection. The present … Continue reading
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Tagged environmental regulation, Korea, REACH
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REACH: 54 New Substances!
Some 54 new substances have been added to the Candidate List under Europe’s REACH regulation. Download the complete list (136 substances) for your records and reference. (No registration required to download a copy.) The legal obligations that companies may have … Continue reading
China Chemical Registration
As of March 1, 2013, the following must obtain an appropriate Registration Certificate for Environmental Management Registration for Hazardous Chemicals in China: newly established companies that produce hazardous chemicals companies using hazardous chemicals for production purposes companies importing or exporting … Continue reading
ECHA Modifies REACH Tonnage Calculations
In REACH news, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has modified its methodology for calculating “total tonnage” bands. Make a note of it if you haven’t already. The shortcomings in the legacy calculation methodology, ECHA is saying, arose from the fact that … Continue reading
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India’s Environmental Policy for Chemicals
Last April we wrote about India’s new manufacturing policy. They needed one then, and some say still do. Manufacturing in the land of cumin and curry has stalled. But don’t be fooled into thinking that means manufacturing is not happening … Continue reading
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Tagged chemicals, india, REACH, Supply Chain
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Green Chemistry, Oregon
Green Chemistry simply means: using chemistry to reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous materials. The California Green Chemistry Initiative is where it all began. It applies to goods that are made or sold in a particular US … Continue reading
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Tagged California Green Chemistry Initiative, John Kitzhaber, Oregon, REACH
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REACH News: 8 New SVHC Intentions
In REACH related news, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced recently that the Registry of Intentions of Substances of Very High Concern has been updated with eight new intentions. The list of intentions lets companies prepare for commenting. It also … Continue reading
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Tagged ECHA, REACH, Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) Candidate List, SVHC
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ECHA Reveals 90,000 Chemicals
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched the Public Classification and Labeling (C&L) Inventory database. Quite notably, this is the world’s largest database of self-classified chemical-substance data. Information in the database is threshed from REACH registrations and CLP notifications so … Continue reading