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In December 2006, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers established a supranational system for the regulation of chemicals within the EU: the REACH system (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals). It was a historic decision, in two regards. First, the bill establishing the system was one of the most complex and hotly debated pieces of legislation ever enacted by the EU. The aim of the new system was to protect the population and the environment from dangerous chemicals. In its final form, the bill targeted tens of thousands of existing chemical substances. It replaced 40 previous legislative texts, and took seven years to complete.
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© 2011 Karl-Oskar Lindgren and Thomas Persson
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Lindgren, KO., Persson, T. (2011). Participatory Governance: Promises and Pitfalls. In: Participatory Governance in the EU. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230347793_1
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