8 July 2009
COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE DISCUSSES REACH
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The World Trade Organization, Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade, convened on 25-26 June 2009, and debated 48 trade concerns raised by members.

Three of these concerns related to the European Community’s chemical policy, the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances (REACH).

Recent activities by the European Community restricting the marketing and use […]

The World Trade Organization, Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade, convened on 25-26 June 2009, and debated 48 trade concerns raised by members.

Three of these concerns related to the European Community’s chemical policy, the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances (REACH). Recent activities by the European Community restricting the marketing and use of organostannic compounds and new controls on dimethyl fumarate were questioned by the Japanese delegation. The US delegation questioned the requirements for REACH accreditation.
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