ChemRegs Newsletter – January 2020 ECHA Launching European Union Chemical Legislation Finder (EUCLEF) ECHA is launching a new online service that will enable companies to find out how their substances are being regulated in the EU and what legal obligations they may have. The European Union Chemical Legislation Finder (EUCLEF) will be a central access point for all the EU laws … Read More

ChemRegs Newsletter – December 2019 REACH Committee agrees changes to EU SDS The EU REACH Committee met last month in Brussels and unanimously gave a favourable opinion on the draft Commission Regulation amending Annex II to the REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. Under the EU’s REACH regulation, hazardous chemicals manufactured in the EU or imported must be accompanied by a safety … Read More

ChemRegs Newsletter – November 2019 Basel Ban Amendment Becomes International Law Awakening environmental awareness, and corresponding tightening of environmental regulations in the industrialised world in the 1970s and 1980s, led to increasing public resistance to the disposal of hazardous wastes. What became known as the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) syndrome led to an escalation of disposal costs for … Read More