REACH stands for the Regulation for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization

and Restriction of Chemicals. The REACH Regulation entered into force on

1st June 2007 to streamline and improve the former legislative framework for

chemicals of the European Union (EU). REACH also creates the European

Chemicals Agency (ECHA) which has a central co-ordination and

implementation role in the overall process. ECHA is located in Helsinki,

Finland and will manage the registration, evaluation, authorisation and

restriction processes for chemical substances to ensure consistency across

the European Union.

· The REACH Regulation is available in the Official Journal on the

website of the European Union. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm

· About REACH - for concise and basic information on REACH, you

may want to refer to the � About REACH � section of the ECHA website

http://reach.jrc.it/about_reach_en.htm