ECHA Refines Compliance Checks For REACH Dossiers
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
The European Chemicals Agency is implementing “targeted” compliance checks on registration dossiers under REACH to address issues that have an “immediate impact on safety,” ECHA Senior Scientific Officer George Cartlidge reported at the agency’s May 23 Stakeholders Day, one year in advance of the next REACH registration deadline.
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