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Chemicals

EU regulations on chemicals, food additives and labelling and classification of substances.

How REACH applies to your business, how it works, the work of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).

Requirements for the use of chemicals  (REACH)

How to comply with the EU's classification, labelling and packaging rules , how to classify chemicals, submitting a substance to the classification and labelling inventory.

Classification, labelling, packaging of chemicals

Details of chemical products that require additional or specific legislation. 

Specific chemicals

REACH legislation, classification, labelling and packaging (CLP), legislation covering biocides, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and endocrine disruptors. 

How the EU regulates the use of chemicals

Overview of EU regulations on food additives, flavourings, contaminants, chemical substances in containers, materials that come into contact with food and veterinary medicinal products. 

Chemical safety of food products