Legal Spotlight

December 2011: Treated articles under the new biocidal products Regulation

by Jean-Philippe Montfort and Hadjira Mezaiti

October 2011: Intermediates: how to handle ECHA's Article 36 requests?

by Jean-Philippe Montfort

September 2011: Downstream users: an update on your compliance issues

by Jean-Philippe Montfort and Hadjira Mezaiti

June 2011: Prepare for the challenges ahead on intermediates

by Jean-Philippe Montfort

May 2011: How to notify candidate list substances in articles

by Jean-Philippe Montfort and Heng Li

April 2011: Revising the GPSD: how will this affect the chemicals sector?

by Jean-Philippe Montfort and Aurore Martinat

March 2011: Food contact additives in China – a small step forward

by Jean-Philippe Montfort and Sébastien Louvion

February 2011: And now for the REACH evaluation process

by Jean-Philippe Montfort

Dec 2010/Jan 2011: After the REACH and CLP deadlines: your 2011 agenda

by Jean-Philippe Montfort

November 2010:Don’t forget the December SDS Regulation deadline

by Jean-Philippe Montfort

October 2010: Your duties for substances that need reclassification

by Jean-Philippe Montfort

September 2010: C&L notification: issues and solutions for EU importers

by Jean-Philippe Montfort

June 2010: What if I am not ready by 30 November 2010?

by Jean-Philippe Montfort.

April 2010: Nanomaterials: can EU States take laws into their own hands?

by Jean-Philippe Montfort and Claire-Marie Carrega.

March 2010: EU importers need to act now to meet CLP deadline

by Jean-Philippe Montfort.

February 2010: SIEFs urgently need clarity on joint submissions

by Jean-Philippe Montfort and Giovanni Indirli.

December 2009/January 2010: Early lessons to be learned from REACH enforcement

by Jean-Philippe Montfort.

November 2009: Protecting CBI under REACH and CLP processes

by Jean-Philippe Montfort and Giovanni Indirli.

October 2009: REACH rights, rules and traps in identifying substance uses

by Jean-Philippe Montfort.

September 2009: Should REACH consortia charge ‘advantage compensation’?

by Jean-Philippe Montfort.

July/August 2009: Downstream users' REACH questions answered

by Jean-Philippe Montfort and Giovanni Indirli

May 2009: The CLP Regulation: Don’t wait until December 2010

by Jean-Philippe Montfort and Giovanni Indirli.

May 2009: Assess OR tax rules in advance and save money

by Astrid Pieron and Charles-Albert Helleputte.

April 2009: Are you prepared for REACH enforcement?

by Jean-Philippe Montfort.

March 2009: REACH consortia – agreeing on organisation and data sharing

by Jean-Philippe Montfort and Rebecca Bulmer.

February 2009: Russia: a case study in responding to REACH

by Igor Danilov.

February 2009: REACH consortia without breaching competition law

by Jean-Philippe Montfort, Andres Font Galarza and Marcus Navin-Jones.

Dec 08-Jan 09: Under consideration: REACH consortia formation

by Jean-Philippe Montfort and Marcus Navin-Jones

November 2008: From pre-registration to pre-SIEFs and pre-consortia

by Jean-Philippe Montfort

October 2008: How to comply with candidate list obligations

by Jean-Philippe Montfort and Giovanni Indirli

September 2008: Toll manufacturers under REACH

by Jean-Philippe Montfort

July/August 2008: Securing REACH guarantees from suppliers

By Jean-Philippe Montfort

June 2008: Companies rethink the role of importers under REACH

By Marcus Navin-Jones and Jean-Philippe Montfort

May 2008: End of OR controversy? Probably not

By Giovanni Indirli and Jean-Philippe Montfort

April 2008: REACH: implications for in-house counsels

By Jean-Philippe Montfort

Mayer Brown is a global law firm with extensive experience in the field of chemicals regulation   Here, its lawyers examine various issues in a monthly column for Chemical Watch.