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News Release from: Smithers Rapra | Subject: REACH conference
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Team on 07 September 2006
REACH Conference call for papers
REACH: Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals, is quoted as potentially the most intrusive piece of EU legislation to hit the chemicals supply chain - its impact will be widespread
REACH: Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals Better the devil you know REACH: Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals, is quoted as potentially the most intrusive piece of EU legislation to hit the chemicals supply chain - its impact will be widespread
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 12 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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REACH is coming and it's here to stay.
While the chemicals industry supports the goals of REACH, its implementation will be all-consuming and, in some cases, prohibitively costly.
Whether you're an importer, distributor, formulator or downstream user, you need to know what you're up against - as they say "better the devil you know".
With this is mind, Rapra Technology is organising its first international conference on REACH in Brussels on 17-18 April 2007.
This conference has been developed to address the questions on everyone's minds.
* Will we have the resources to handle REACH? * How will REACH impact the competitiveness of the EU chemicals industry? * Can we solve the disproportionate burden on SMEs? * Will REACH prove a barrier to innovation? * What testing is required and how can test data be pooled and shared? * What is the impact on intellectual property? We are currently recruiting speakers.
If REACH is your area of expertise, please consider submitting a paper for presentation at this new international conference.
Papers are invited on.
* Overviews on what the legislation covers and what it means in practice for industry.
* How REACH will operate.
* REACH - practical papers on testing requirements and feasibility.
* Impact of REACH on polymers and products using them.
* Effect of REACH on the supply of chemicals in the EU.
* Cost of implementing REACH in the industry.
* Data sharing and data sources.
* Market surveys of the effect of the legislation on material and chemical supplies.
* Country-specific issues relating to the legislation.
* Case studies highlighting specific approaches being taken to prepare for REACH.
* Materials substitution issues and opportunities.
* Green approaches to chemical use in the EU.
* The likely impact on the European Chemical Industry.
* Management and administrative systems for dealing with REACH.
The deadline for offering a paper is 27th October 2006.
Please send speaker details, a title and short summary to Alix Yates at Rapra Technology.
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