The Chinese Government is telling enterprises to prepare to meet the latest European Union regulations on chemical substances, another of many international standards that stifles China's manufacturing-heavy foreign trade.

The European Parliament passed a new regulation on the import of chemical substances to the European Union. The new system, called Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH), is to be enforced from June 2007.

REACH comes after the EU's WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) and RoHS (Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) directives, both of which have posed challenges to industries in China.

The European Union is the largest importer of China's chemical substances and relevant products. The country now has 30,000 enterprises directly related to the chemical industry.

Source:佚名