PRECAUTIONARY IN PRINCIPLE, FLAWED IN FACT – appraisal of the REACH review

The Commission has published recently the results of its review of the REACH Regulation. This evaluation was performed in response to the legal obligation to report periodically on the progress of the REACH Regulation. However, it was conducted under the Commission’s “deregulatory” REFIT programme, which aims to removing red tape and lowering costs to industry…