REACH: A Thorn in the side of the Chemical Industry?

Nicolas Garderes, a French attorney specialising in environmental and European law with the international law firm Denton Wilde Sapte, writes in GCI Magazine of the challenges faced by manufacturers who are now required to meet the terms of the EU chemicals regulation called REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances). Nicolas suggests that whilst larger companies have made investments in compliance with REACH for the most part, small and mid-size companies are struggling to deal with the regulatory issues involved. 

Nicolas also points out that the US “is clearly one of the countries most Read more

Personal Care Products Council: Resisting Regulation

The Personal Care Product’s Council (PCPC) was founded in 1894 (as the Cosmetics Toiletry and Fragrance Association or CTFA) and is the leading trade association for the personal care products industry, representing the companies with the most sales of personal care products in the U.S.¹ One of their stated aims is to protect “the freedom of the industry to compete in a fair and responsible marketplace”¹ The association also claim to be committed to ensuring that cosmetic products are safe for consumers, “accomplished by promoting voluntary industry self-regulation.”¹ Over the years the CTFA has strongly opposed attempts to overturn self-regulation and re-iterated the argument that cosmetics are safe, the industry’s voluntary Read more