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Chemistry World November 28, 2008 Sean Milmo	Crunch weekend for Reach chemicals regulation Thousands of companies are expected this weekend to be scrambling to pre-register their chemicals with the Helsinki-based European Chemicals Agency, so that they can continue to sell them in the European Union after a deadline of midnight on Monday.
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Chemistry World June 17, 2008 Sean Milmo	Reach Chemicals Regulation Hit by Computer Problems The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is still struggling to put its IT system fully into operation more than two weeks after the start of the project's pre-registration period.
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Information Today November 29, 2012	EBSCO Publishing's ExPub Releases R 2 For Chemical Registrations Companies impacted by the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulations now have a valuable tool in R 2 (REACH Registrations) from Expert Publishing, a division of EBSCO Publishing.
Chemistry World December 24, 2014 Phillip Broadwith	EU chemicals regulator scolded over animal testing The European Ombudsman has upheld a complaint made by animal rights group PETA that the European Chemicals Agency is not doing enough to enforce substitution of animal testing.
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Chemistry World May 3, 2006	US Firms Accuse Reach of Raising Trade Barriers American industry has warned that upcoming regulation of the European Union chemicals sector is likely to cause massive product reformulations, business disruptions and unnecessary barriers to trade.
Chemistry World July 1, 2009 Rebecca Trager	Chemical security efforts spread The EU and the US are simultaneously taking action in a bid to secure chemical facilities and prevent their misuse by terrorists.
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