EU CHEMICAL CONTROL SYSTEM REACH WILL IMPOSE DEMANDS ON PRINT SECTOR
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL and ALAN OSBORN IT is self-evident that the printing industry is all about ink. And many inks are made with artificial chemicals. As a result, the sector and its ink suppliers have to take care they comply with the European Union's (EU) new chemical control system REACH, which formally came into force on June 1. This is possibly the most complex industrial legislation ever approved by the EU - not an organisation known for administrative simplicity. Its aim is to protect EU citizens and the environment from harm caused by the use and release of ...
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