Article | REF: SL6705 V1

REACH: a new regulation for chemical products

Author: Huguette DÉCHARIAUX

Publication date: June 10, 2010, Review date: December 1, 2017

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


Français

2. General settlement principles

The main aim of REACH is therefore to ensure a high level of protection for human health and the environment, while maintaining the free circulation of substances on the internal market, improving competitiveness and strengthening innovation in the European chemical industry.

REACH ushers in a new era in chemicals policy in Europe. It represents a genuine overhaul of the European regulatory system, replacing almost forty existing directives. It applies not only to manufacturers and importers, but also to downstream users of chemical substances, whether on their own, in articles or in preparations. It increases our knowledge of the hazardous properties of chemicals, enabling us to effectively manage the risks associated with their use, while promoting the use of non-animal alternative methods for assessing the hazards of substances. It provides for the reinforcement...

You do not have access to this resource.

Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!

You do not have access to this resource.
Click here to request your free trial access!

Already subscribed? Log in!


The Ultimate Scientific and Technical Reference

A Comprehensive Knowledge Base, with over 1,200 authors and 100 scientific advisors
+ More than 10,000 articles and 1,000 how-to sheets, over 800 new or updated articles every year
From design to prototyping, right through to industrialization, the reference for securing the development of your industrial projects

This article is included in

Environment

This offer includes:

Knowledge Base

Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees

Services

A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources

Practical Path

Operational and didactic, to guarantee the acquisition of transversal skills

Doc & Quiz

Interactive articles with quizzes, for constructive reading

Subscribe now!

Ongoing reading
General settlement principles