REACH COULD GET TOUGHER, ESPECIALLY FOR TOBACCO COMPANIES
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL tests and checks that must be carried out under the European Union's (EU) REACH programme could be even tougher than previously envisaged by many companies handling or processing chemicals. This is because of a current debate over what constitutes an 'article' under REACH: whether it is an entire product - for instance a bottle of suntan oil - or the individual elements making that product - the bottle, the cap, label and the lotion. If a European Commission committee currently considering the issue, then the packaging could be ...
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