REACH CHEMICAL CONTROL SYSTEM WILL IMPOSE RED TAPE BURDEN ON OIL AND GAS SECTOR
June 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLIT could be said that preparation, preparation and preparation is the best way to deal with the European Union's (EU) chemical control system REACH, and maybe this is truer for the oil and gas industry than any other, because it is based on, well....preparations.Confused? Well, with REACH, you could be forgiven. The regulation that was approved last December and came into force on June 1, is probably the most complex piece of legislation ever devised by the EU - not an organisation famed for legislative simplicity.And for the oil and gas industry ...
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