Stakeholder Reports
EU Member State Reports
Common Position of the German Federal Government, VCI and IG BCE, on the Future EU Chemical Policy (in German only)
2002
Agreement between the German government, the German Association of Chemical Industries, and the German Mining, Energy, and Chemical Industry Union on implementation of the REACH program.
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Methodological Problems of Assessing the Economic Impacts of EU Chemicals Policy
German Federal Environmental Agency
February 2003
Summary of a conference of leading German economists. Reviews several studies of the economic impacts of the REACH proposal as well as the methodological limitations and difficulties of studies to date in estimating costs and benefits of the proposed policy.
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New EU Chemicals Strategy: Position Statement of the UK Government and Devolved Administrations
UK Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
December 2002
Provides a UK position on the proposed REACH program as well as recommendations for strengthening its implementation.
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Regulatory Impact Assessment of the EU White Paper Prepared by Risk & Policy Analysts for the UK
Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions
May 2001
Presents a UK based analysis of the EU REACH proposal including potential benefits
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Industry Reports
Business Impacts of New Chemical Policy
European Chemicals Industry Council, CEFIC
2002
Outlines business impacts of the proposed chemicals policy — REACH. Web site also includes various industry positions on REACH
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Thought Starter on EU Chemicals Policy and Pilot Trial
European Chemicals Industry Council, CEFIC
2002
The European Chemical Industry Council has produced a number of documents to frame a more “workable” approach to the implementation of the European White Paper on Chemicals. These include a “thought starter” designed to outline an industry position on a more efficient approach to testing, evaluation, and management, as well as pilot trial and analysis of implementation of this approach, as well as an analysis of a pilot trial of the thought starter and a business impact analysis of the new policy.
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Economic Effects of the EU Chemical Substances Policy — Summary of the BDI Research Project
German Employers Association, BDI
2002
Summary of a study conducted by Arthur D. Little on the impacts of the REACH program on German Industry
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Chemical Substances: An Industry Takes Responsibility and Gets Mobilized
La Quinzaine Europeenne
November 2002
Reprint from a European-wide magazine presenting an overview of the perspective of downstream users of chemicals on the REACH proposal
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White Paper for the Reform of Chemicals Policy: From Concept to Implementation — Requirements, Experiences and Perspectives in Relation to Information Flow
Oko-Institut — Institute for Applied Ecology
April 2002
Report commissioned by the German Chemical Industry Association to better understand how information on hazard is organized along product chains. The Oko Institut set up working groups to go through case examples and the report summarizes those case examples and conclusions from them.
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Position on the EU Chemicals
EU Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium
May 2001
PDF, 8pp
Position paper representing the views of American business operating in Europe on the European White Paper on Chemicals.
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Impact of the Proposed EU Chemicals Policy on US Exports
American Chemistry Council
2002
Analyses of the impacts of the EU chemicals Policy on US chemical producers as well as its cost-effectiveness
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NGO Reports
A New Chemicals Policy in Europe — New Opportunities for Industry
European Environment Bureau and World Wildlife Fund
January, 2003
Responds to industry critiques of the REACH program as well as providing arguments as to the beneficial impacts of the proposed REACH policy on innovation and health.
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The Social Cost of Chemicals
World Wildlife Fund UK
July 2003
Conducted by leading cost-benefit expert Dr. David Pearce, the report finds that the UK could save over 74.9 billion Euro in health expenditure over the next 17 years due to reduced impacts of chemicals on well-being, if the European Union pushes through its proposed Chemicals Regulations. The report makes clear that the benefits of REACH exceed its projected costs.
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A New EU Chemicals Policy: Some Key Arguments
European Environmental Bureau, Friends of the Earth, Eurogroup for Animal Welfare, World Wildlife Fund
February 2002
Provides an NGO position on implementation of REACH in the European Union.
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European Chemicals Regulation and its Effect on Innovation: An Assessment of the EU’s White Paper on the Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy
UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Ralf Nordbeck and Michael Faust
April 2002
Examines the innovation impacts of the proposed European chemicals policy
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New EU Chemicals Policy: Key Elements of the New Legislation
European Environmental Bureau, Friends of the Earth, World Wildlife Fund
2002
Provides an update of European NGO demands for a new regulation on chemicals management in the EU. [Download PDF]
Response to EU Chemicals White Paper
Friends of the Earth
May 2001
Friends of the Earth Europe’s response to the European Commission’s White Paper on REACH.
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International Organizations' Reports
Comments of the United States on the European Commission’s Draft Chemicals Regulation
United States Government
July 2003
Presents US Government’s position on the proposed REACH legislation, representing the results of an interagency workgroup
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Canadian Comments on the White Paper from the Commission of the European Communities on the Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy
Environment Canada
February 27, 2001
Presents a Canadian government response to the EU White Paper and REACH proposal
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United States Nonpaper on EU Chemicals Policy
2001
Outlines the views of several US agencies in response to the European White Paper on Chemicals. It is called a “nonpaper” because it is not an official United States government position.
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