REACH: issues emerging in first month of pre-registration

• Author:
• CMS Cameron McKenna

The pre-registration of chemicals under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) started on 1 June 2008. By 13 June 2008, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) had received pre-registrations from 1,427 companies and had created 7,360 pre-registrations.

So far, the pre-registration process has highlighted two issues which are being addressed by ECHA:

errors in the submission of data in pre-registration dossiers by companies; andidentification of substances which may be classified as substances ... (695 more words)

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