European agency urges pre-registration of REACH chemicals

24/04/2008

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the operating body for the EU's new Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and restriction of Chemicals (REACH) legislation, has called for companies to prepare for the pre-registration of chemicals, which will happen between 1 June and 1 December 2008.

ECHA is stressing the necessity of this pre-registration process as it worried that many companies do not recognize the importance and scope of the legislation, and the potential impact that non-compliance may have.

For information regarding REACH go to http://www.ec.europa.eu/enterprise/reach