Search result for "UK, REACH, Brexit " (10 results)
A hard Brexit would mean the end of REACH in England. That’s the finding recently given by chemical compliance expert Riku Rinta-Jouppi at a summit meeting in Brussels sponsored by Chemical Watch. Representatives of the chemicals industry in England clearly want to ensure access to the EU market, which is…
The United Kingdom has published the consolidated versions of the REACH and CLP laws and of the UK Cosmetics Regulation. The versions now reflect all the changes made to the EU REACH, CLP, and Cosmetics regulations after Brexit. UK REACH has been in effect in Great Britain (England, Wales, and…
Everything indicates that Great Britain will leave the EU on March 29, 2019 without a valid trade agreement in place (hard Brexit). The consequences for the entire economy are unforeseeable. In particular, companies that have registered chemicals in the framework of REACH should act now. As a downstream user you…
The implementation of EU REACH into national law in Great Britain (UK REACH) has unpleasant consequences for companies in the UK that have been jointly registering chemicals within the context of SIEF and that do not have full access to substance data. UK REACH now requires a complete data package from…
Utz Tillmann, the chief executive of the German Chemical Industry Association (Verband der Chemischen Industrie: VCI), has urged solution-oriented negotiations between the EU and Great Britain and emphasized the importance of linking the country to the EU’s chemicals agency ECHA. Otherwise, he stated, chaos threatens to reign over the exchange…
On the anniversary of the British application for Brexit on March 28, Utz Tillmann, chief executive of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI), warned about the consequences of a hard Brexit for the German chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Although the parties have reached agreement on the transition phase, a hard…
With its more than 1,400 environmental law experts, the leading membership organization for environmental law in the United Kingdom (UK Environmental Law Association) has taken a clear position in regard Brexit. It recommends that the government continue to adhere to the standards established in EU environmental law. In its report,…
