Press Release: REACH: Commission welcomes Council’s agreement on new EU chemical legislation

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Series Details IP/05/1583 (13.12.05)
Publication Date 13/12/2005
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The European Commission welcomed the Council’s political agreement on REACH, a comprehensive new system aimed at ensuring greater safety in the manufacture and use of chemical substances. The formal Common Position of the Council was expected to be approved under the Austrian Presidency in May 2006, a step that would pave the way for the second reading of the proposal by the European Parliament. Parliament had adopted its first reading of REACH on 17 November 2005.

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European Commission: PreLex: COM(2003) 644, Proposals ... concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (Reach) ..., 29.10.03 http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/detail_dossier.cfm?CL=en&ReqId=0&DocType=COM&DocYear=2003&DocNum=644
European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/05/787, Speaking notes – political agreement on REACH, 13.12.05 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/05/787&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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