EEC—See European Economic

New chemical notification schemes vary considerably between countries, but many base the studies for full notification on the OECD minimum pre-maiketing set of data (MPD) the EC, certain EFTA countries, Australia and the imminent Canadian scheme (See Table 34.1). Only a few studies additional to the EC Base Set are needed fw full notification in Austria and Switzerland. Chemical control legislation in Scandinavia is in the iwocess of being changed, in order to achieve the intended harmonization by 1 January 1995 of chemical control legislation between the EC and 6 of the EFTA countries under the new European Economic Area (EEA). The EC notification scheme will have been updated by then, under the Seventh Amendment Council Directive 92/32/EEC [12], which was brought into force by 31 October 1993. Thus the current Finnish new chemicals notification scheme will be modified to confoim exactly to that of Council Directive 92 2/EEC as from 31 October 1993, and the proposed notification schemes for Norway and Sweden will also have to be in harmony with the EC. 

In 1960, the European Economic Community (EEC) had approved tariffs to protect the terminally-ill industry and, the following year, established a special committee to see what else could be done. On April 24, 1969, the EEC approved of the Italian government s aid to the unprofitable sulfur industry. ... 

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