Reaching REACH: The challenge for chemicals entering international trade

Journal of International Economic Law

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 643-662

  Motaal, Doaa Abdel ^a  

^a WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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EID: 70349506126     PISSN: 13693034     EISSN: 14643758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jiel/jgp027     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. EUROPA, 'What is REACH' .
2. See 'Questions and Answers on REACH' (July 2007)< http://www.ec. europa.eu/environment/chemicals/reach/reach-intro.htm > .
3. European Commission, 'Environmental Fact Sheet, REACH - A New Chemicals Policy for the EU' < http://www.ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/reach/ reach-intro.htm >.
4. SGS Group, 'REACH' .
5. For further information on REACH, John Applegate's study at ;
6. Joanne Scott's study at ;
7. Marco Bronckers' study at < http://www.papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers. cfm?abstract-id=1333685>;
8. and World Wildlife Fund's report at < http://www.wwf.org.uk/ filelibrary/pdf/reach-prop-0604.pdf >.
9. See 'Questions and Answers on REACH' (July 2007) < http://www.ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/reach/reach-intro.htm >.
10. United States Government Accountability Office, Chemical Regulation: Comparison of the US and Recently Enacted European Union Approaches to Protect Against the Risks of Toxic Chemicals, Report to Congressional Requesters, GAO-07-825, August 2007.
11. Chemical Regulation: Comparison of the US and Recently Enacted European Union Approaches to Protect Against the Risks of Toxic Chemicals, Report to Congressional Requesters, GAO-07-825,Ibid. 2007.
12. Chemical Regulation: Comparison of the US and Recently Enacted European Union Approaches to Protect Against the Risks of Toxic Chemicals, Report to Congressional Requesters, GAO-07-825,Ibid. 2007.
13. Chemical Regulation: Comparison of the US and Recently Enacted European Union Approaches to Protect Against the Risks of Toxic Chemicals, Report to Congressional Requesters, GAO-07-825,Ibid. 2007.
14. International Environment Reporter, 'Pesticide: REACH and Pesticides: What US Exporters May Not Realize', 30 ESTER (2007) 920.
15. International Environment Reporter, 'European Chemicals Agency Executive Director Discusses Compliance with REACH', 31 ESTER (2008) 1083.
16. See Minutes of Meetings of the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade from 2003 onwards, G/TBT/M documents, available on the WTO web site at < http://www.wto.org>. In particular, see the most recent discussion of REACH in G/TBT/M/46 (for the meeting held in November 2008), dated 23 January 2009.
17. See ECHA's web site at < http://www.echa.europa.eu/reach-en.asp >.
18. http://www.echa.europa.eu/reach-en.asp, Ibid.
19. International Environment Reporter, 'EU Chemicals Agency Publishes Initial List of About 150,000 Preregistered Chemicals', 32 ESTER (2009) 7.
20. International Environment Reporter, 'Manufacturers, Importers Face Challenges in Meeting Full Registration Requirements', 32 ESTER (2009) 10.
21. International Environment Reporter, 'Exporters of Chemicals to EU Advised to Have Letters Outlining Reach Compliance', 32 INER (2009) 167.
22. International Environment Reporter (n 18).
23. International Environment Reporter, 'Thousands of Chinese Chemical Exporters, Manufacturers Preregistered with REACH', 32 INER (2009) 328.