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Indústria química japonesa está preocupada com novas regras européias para o setor (em inglês)
2006-12-18
Japan's chemical industry on Thursday said it was concerned about the effects of a new European landmark law designed to regulate toxic chemicals, saying the rules could hurt Japanese chemical firms and their user industries. The bill, known as REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) was approved by the European Parliament on Wednesday and requires companies to prove that substances in everyday products from cars to clothes to computers are safe.
EU governments, which have previously agreed to the deal with lawmakers, are expected to give formal approval on Monday. The law is slated to come into force on June 1, 2007. REACH requires the properties of roughly 30,000 chemicals produced or imported in the EU to be registered with a Helsinki-based agency. Those of highest concern, such as carcinogens, would require testing and authorisation, a process that could lead to outright bans.
"There are many unclear parts concerning the actual implementation of the law, such as the registration procedures, including data sharing, and it is anticipated that there will be confusion when the law comes into force," the Japan Chemical Industry Association said in a statement. The association also said there were many unclear points that could put non-European firms at a disadvantage if they wanted to participate in a consortium of companies that band together to submit a single registration for a substance.
It added it was worried that the candidate substance list could become a black list, and concerned about requirements that called for companies to submit substitution plans at the time of authorisation for substances of very high concern even if related risks were managed adequately. The law's detractors also include the United States on trade grounds, African nations anxious about exports to the EU, animal rights groups, who forecast a huge increase in tests on animals, and the metals sector, alarmed at possible costs.
(Planet Ark, 15/12/2006)
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39501/story.htm
EU governments, which have previously agreed to the deal with lawmakers, are expected to give formal approval on Monday. The law is slated to come into force on June 1, 2007. REACH requires the properties of roughly 30,000 chemicals produced or imported in the EU to be registered with a Helsinki-based agency. Those of highest concern, such as carcinogens, would require testing and authorisation, a process that could lead to outright bans.
"There are many unclear parts concerning the actual implementation of the law, such as the registration procedures, including data sharing, and it is anticipated that there will be confusion when the law comes into force," the Japan Chemical Industry Association said in a statement. The association also said there were many unclear points that could put non-European firms at a disadvantage if they wanted to participate in a consortium of companies that band together to submit a single registration for a substance.
It added it was worried that the candidate substance list could become a black list, and concerned about requirements that called for companies to submit substitution plans at the time of authorisation for substances of very high concern even if related risks were managed adequately. The law's detractors also include the United States on trade grounds, African nations anxious about exports to the EU, animal rights groups, who forecast a huge increase in tests on animals, and the metals sector, alarmed at possible costs.
(Planet Ark, 15/12/2006)
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/39501/story.htm
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