Open AccessREACH: A Challenge for the Swiss Chemical Industry!
Author(s) -
Richard Gamma,
Paul Vesel
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2006.669
Subject(s) - legislation , chemical industry , bureaucracy , business , politics , industrial organization , human health , international trade , market economy , economic policy , commerce , engineering , economics , political science , law , environmental health , medicine , environmental engineering
REACH is currently one of the EU's most far-reaching pieces of proposed legislation. The political goals of this proposal are: the protection of human health and environment, the maintenance of the competitiveness of European Chemical industry and to prevent a break-up of the single market. These political goals are basically supported by the chemical industry. However the regulation is far away from any practicable form of legislation. The proposals are expensive, complicated and too bureaucratic for companies. Small and medium-sized enterprises will hardly be able to follow these demands. The special situation of chemical industry in Switzerland, as a non EU country – will be discussed.