EU REACH
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
European Commission "expect[s] decisive progress to be achieved before the end of the year" on the implementation of the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals program, with the first European Parliament reading of the proposal anticipated in November, VP Gunter Verheugen says in recent letter to Greenpeace. Letter responds to concerns by the environmental group over the ability of the chemicals program to protect consumers. Verheugen notes that final version of REACH must include "pragmatic solutions" to several feasibility issues that have arisen since the proposal was introduced in 2003...