Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy

Objectives of the EU Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy REACH... 

On 13 February 2001 the European Commission adopted the much-discussed White Paper Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy (a. 10). The current EU chemical control measures were considered to result in too great a disparity between new and existing substances, with the high cost of new substance notification stifling innovation. Furthermore, although existing substances account for >99% by volume of chemicals in commerce, they were considered to be relatively poorly assessed and controlled in comparison with new substances. 

White Paper. Strategy for a future chemicals policy, 2001... 

EES A. 2006. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) website. http /www.efsa.europa.eu EU. 2000. Communication from the Commission on the Precautionary Principle. Brussels, 2.02.2000, COM (2000) 1. http /ec.europa.eu/dgs/health consumer/library/pub/pub07 en.pdf EU. 2001. White Paper on the Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy, http //ec.europa.eu/consumers/ cons safe/prod safe/other EU/chem policy en.htm... 

CEC (Commission of the European Communities) (2001) White Paper Strategy for a future chemicals policy , Brussels, 27 February... 

European Commission. 2001. White paper. Strategy for a future chemicals policy, http // europa.eu.int/comm/environment/chemicals/0188 en.pdf (accessed December 2, 2003). 

European Union s White Paper on the Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy stimulates further interest in the validation and application of QSARs to predict toxicity and fate... 

Anon., white paper, Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy(COM(2001)88 final, 2001, www.europa.eu.int/ comm/environment/chemicals/whitepaper.htm... 

The ideas behind the adoption of a new EU chemicals strategy was laid out in a 2001 EC Communication on a Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy (COM (2001) 88). This document took stock of the system that existed at the time and called for a new strategy based on a system for the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals - REACH. The Communication set out seven objectives that needed to be balanced within the overall framework of sustainable development ... 

EC. 2001. White paper strategy for a future Chemicals Policy Commission of the European Communities. COM(2001) 88 final. Brussels (BE). 

Rogers, M. D. (2003b) The European Commission s White Paper Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy A Review. Risk Analysis 23, 381-388. 

In February 2001, the European Commission published a White Paper entitled Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy. The White Paper presented a new regulatory system, called REACH, for the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals . 

European Commission (2001) White Paper on a Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy, COM(2001) 88 final. Commission of European Communities, Brussels. 

European Commission, The White Paper on the strategy for a future Chemicals Policy, COM (2001) 88 final, 27 February 2001 (available at http //europa.eu.int/ comm/enterprise/chemicals/chempol/whitepaper/white-paper.htm). 

A Commission rq>ort on the operation of the main instruments was published in 1998, leading to the conclusion that the existing legal framework was not adequate (CEC 1998). As a consequence, the Commission developed its White Paper on a Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy, which was adopted in 2001. It argued ... 

Therefore, in February 2001 the Commission launched the white paper Strategy for a future chemical policy of REACH. In contrast to the Existing Substance Regulation, under REACH industry has to assess all existing substances. The following basic principles are implemented in REACH ... 

European Commission. 2007. REACH in Brief. Available at http //ec.europa. eu/environment/chemicals/reach/pdf/publications/2007 02 reach in brief.pdf (accessed November 1, 2013) and also Commission of the European Communities, 2001. WHITE PAPER Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy. COM(2001) 88 final. Available at http //eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/ en/com/2001/com2001 0088en01.pdf (accessed August 2,2013). 

White Paper Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy... 

White Paper Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy (27 Eebruary 2001) [43]... 

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