...Just a few weeks before the pre-registration phase of the European chemicals policy REACH begins in June 2008, the demand for extensive information and advice is greater than ever. In response, BASF SE is hosting another expert seminar on the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) on May 28, 2008 in Berlin... more...

...The European Commission adopted on Wednesday the fees and charges for registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals under new REACH rules. The basic registration fee will range from 1,600 euros for substances produced in volumes below 10 tons, to 31,000 for those above 1,000 tons. The fees and charges will apply with the start of registrations of chemical substances on June 1, 2008.... more...

...The European Chemicals Agency (ECA) is launching a campaign designed to prevent disruption in commerce as the European Union’s new regulatory system for chemicals begins to be phased in. The effort, which will officially begin on April 14, is targeted at the next quickly approaching milestone in implementation of the EU's law on the Registration, Evaluation & Authorization of Chemicals (REACH). When fully implemented, REACH will require basic safety data on every chemical in EU commerce and will restrict any substance deemed to endanger health or the environment.... more...

...The EU has outlined details of the charges tied with the evaluation and authorisation of chemicals under new REACH registration procedures, which may affect many UK-based printing firms. The fees and charges, which will apply with the start of registrations of chemical substances on 1 June this year, range from... more...

...Despite a Nov. 30 deadline, many business leaders appear lax about taking steps to comply with the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals legislation, or REACH, according to a survey released March 11 by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Titled "Waking up to REACH," the report indicates that two-thirds of North American organizations have limited knowledge of the operational impacts the European Union legislation could have on their businesses. There is also concern that North American companies will miss important REACH deadlines, consequently suffering disruptions in business.... more...

...The Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Regulations - the REACH Regulations - are now in force and will be fully implemented over an 11-year period in a phased approach.... more...

...The European Commission has announced the fees and charges for registering to the newly introduced REACH programme, which will come into force from June 1st this year. According to the registration procedures document, which was published in the Official Journal, fees were agreed by a Committee of Member State representatives back in December and have been set according to a sliding scale.... more...

...The European Commission (EC) has launched a promotional campaign urging European chemicals companies to pre-register for the new REACH chemicals regulations to avoid potential disruption to operations. The REACH (registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals) regulations, which came into effect in June last year, require that European firms importing or manufacturing more than one tonne of a specific chemical a year register it with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) before the first of December this year.... more...

...The fees and charges that will be charged for registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals under the new REACH registration procedures have been adopted by the Commission today and will be published in the Official Journal in the coming days... more...

...The Health and Safety Executive is reaching out to all kinds of businesses across the North East that use chemicals in their daily business, to advise them about new regulations for managing the manufacture, supply and use of chemicals, known as REACH - Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of CHemicals.... more...

...Intertek Ageus Solutions an end-to-end environmental compliance solution provider that works with companies world-wide to rapidly and cost-effectively fulfill the European Union's environmental compliance requirements is offering REACH consulting, documentation and (pre-)registration services for automotive manufacturers.... more...

...Spring is now in full bloom and the thoughts of many will be focused on the summer months and holidays approaching. But should our thoughts be elsewhere? When it comes to REACH and matters of chemical compliance, our attention certainly should be. REACH revitalised the laws governing the chemical industry when it came into force last year, on 1st June 2007. Pre-registration for this radical raft of regulation begins on 1st June 2008, leaving all involved with what is effectively a race against time to stay in business.... more...

...A recipe for making "compliance data management" an integral part of your company’s daily business processes. Date: April 30, 2008... more...

...San Jose, CA, April 4, ‘08- Papros Inc.’s leading product for supply chain Product Environmental Lifecycle Management MRPRO offers natural support for the recently announced SAE AS9535 Substances Declaration Standard. MRPRO has historically offered the spreadsheet interface for Substance Declarations in addition to support for industry and W3C compliant XML schemas for the data. All of the data elements in the new SAE standard are already maintained by MRPRO.... more...

...GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI), the nation's largest certifier of chemical emissions from building products and furnishings, announces the expansion of its certification efforts to include computers and other electronic devices. As part of its expansion, GEI is also pleased to announce GREENGUARD Certification of Lenovo's M57/M57P "Eco", the first computing device to attain this certification.... more...