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The Presidency of the EU stated that the Reach will be good for the industry
24/05/2005
May 24, 2005
The presidency luxemburguesa, on duty in the EU, ensured that the future regulation of register, evaluation and permission of chemicals "constitutes less a brake that a triumph for the competitiveness in Europe". This is the conclusion of a workshop organised by the presidency on the Reach, with which wanted to "dissipate the fears created" in some sectors of the industry by his set up a time that arrive to an agreement.
The Luxembourg Minister of environment, Lucen Lux, assured that Reach "will give a boost to competitiveness in Europe" and that with him "is it not create obstacles to the industry but on the contrary". Lux referred to a study on the future implementation of Reach and said that "now we can exclude the scenarios of disaster due to the introduction of this new system". The study analyzed various theoretical cases in which he simulated impact of future legislation on chemical products in five sectors of the industry and it reached the conclusion that "the extra costs are little", said.
