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(2004), "US chemical makers ask EU to revise new chemicals proposal", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 33 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.2004.12933aab.006
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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US chemical makers ask EU to revise new chemicals proposal
US chemical makers ask EU to revise new chemicals proposal
Keywords: Chemicals, EU, Environment
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) criticized a new draft of the European Union's chemicals regulation proposal as excessive and highly bureaucratic and urged commissioners to send the draft back to the Environment and Enterprise Directorates General for major changes. While fully supporting the health and safety goals of the so-called REACH proposal, ACC said the proposal authors made only minor changes from the previous draft, despite broad criticism from EU and non-EU governments and commercial interests. “We had hoped that the proposal authors would listen to and learn from the chorus of concern from inside and outside the EU, but it appears that the much touted “internet consultation” was a charade,” said ACC President and CEO Greg Lebedev.
“A few perfunctory adjustments just don't cut it”, Lebedev added. “This new REACH proposal may be the dream of some in the Commission, but it is a nightmare for consumer product and chemical companies who do business in the EU and globally. It is beyond me how companies would make their way through the regulatory fog under the REACH proposal. The Commission should come clean and acknowledge the difficulties and costs associated with REACH.”