Information campaign towards firms that market chemical

The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Chemical Workers' Federation (EMCEF) have joined forces to help push an information campaign towards firms that market chemicals. The campaign run by the European Commission and European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) aims to call European firms' attention, especially SMEs, to their obligations under the REACH and CLP Regulations on chemicals.

REACH says that industrial operators must register any substances they manufacture or import in quantities above one tonne a year with the new European Chemicals Agency. The CLP (Classification, Labelling, Packaging) Regulation says they have to notify ECHA of the classification and labelling of all hazardous substances they place on the market, no matter what the production volume.
Too many European firms still do not know about these obligations, and could end up being fined if they do not fulfil them on time.

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AplusA-online.de - Source: European Trade Union Confederation