White Paper on Chemicals Policy

The Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy - REACH

• The REACH Chemicals Legislation
• New Extended Impact Assessment (EIA) of the REACH proposal
• The public consultation and the contributions received
• What is the White Paper?
  • Background to the new Chemicals Strategy
  • Introduction to the White Paper
  • Text of the White Paper, COM (2001) 88
  • Press release IP/01/201
• Europe's chemical industry: a new strategy for a sustainable future, "Enterprise Europe" No 3
• Reactions to the Commission White Paper of February 2001
  • Stakeholders' Conferences:
    • 2 April 2001: 1st Stakeholders' Conference on the Commission's White Paper
    • 21 May 2002: 2nd Stakeholders' Conference on the Business Impact of the new Chemicals Policy
    • 21 November 2003: Workshop on the Extended Impact Assessment of REACH [19 KB]
• Conclusions of the Environment Council of 8 June 2001 on the White Paper, Council document 9857/01
• European Parliament Resolution on the Commission White Paper on Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy, COM(2001)88-C5-0258/2001-2001/2118(COS) in OJ C140E of 13.6.2002