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Analysis of the costs and benefits of the new EU chemicals Policy

An examination based on selected sectors taking into account effects on competitiveness, innovation, environment and health


The new ⁠REACH⁠ system represents a paradigm shift for the production and marketing of chemicals which have already been on the market since 1981: while the authorities used to have to identify critical substances and call for their evaluation, this task will now be the responsibility of manufacturers and importers under the REACH system (reversal of burden of proof). This switch is to help speed up the processing of the drastic backlog of established chemicals.  

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Number of pages
269
Year of publication
October 2004
Author(s)
Dr. K. Ostertag, Dr. F. Marscheider-Weidemann, Dr. G. Angerer, A. Ahrens, Dr. U. Meyer
Abstract
k2820.pdf
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Analysis of the costs and benefits of the new EU chemicals Policy
Language
German
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203 65 423
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Umweltbundesamt
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2013 KB
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 REACH  cost-benefit analysis  EU Chemicals Directive  environment  health  chemical evaluation  chemicals  REACH-System

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