Abstract
The European Union has evolved as relatively ambitious driver of internal and external chemicals policy. It has been an active participant in international negotiations, oftentimes advocating comparatively ambitious multilateral chemicals treaties. Strong domestic EU chemicals policy provides a solid baseline for the Union’s international engagement, generating a unified common position and activities. The EU’s large global chemicals market share and the high degree of globalisation of the chemicals industry lend the EU a certain degree of leverage to alter non-EU countries’ utility calculations. This can lead to increased receptiveness of certain countries to engage in dialogue and capacity building provided by the EU. Yet, the international policy context and positions of other major players such as the USA and China have conditioned the EU’s effectiveness.
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EU Regulation No. 1907/2006.
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EU Regulation No. 1013/2006.
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Author’s personal communication with experts on South Korean chemical regulation, 19 June 2012; presentation by South Korean chemicals regulation expert, 26 June 2012.
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Eurostat Extra-EU trade of chemicals and related products (SITC 5): http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/submitViewTableAction.do
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Biedenkopf, K. (2018). Chemicals: Pioneering Ambitions with External Effects. In: Adelle, C., Biedenkopf, K., Torney, D. (eds) European Union External Environmental Policy. The European Union in International Affairs. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60931-7_10
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