Worry over REACH clash with EU market surveillance law

New enforcement monitoring and reporting duties could pose significant burden for Member States.

The Dutch government has raised the alarm among Member States and the European Commission about additional REACH-related enforcement responsibilities that have been forced upon them by an EU law which came into force last September. It seems most REACH competent authorities were unaware of the law's implications. Awareness of the issue has been building and it has been on the agenda of both meetings of competent authorities for REACH and...

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