Affiliated to European Confederation of Managerial Staff (CEC)

Communiqué, 14/12/2006

FECCIA pays attention to concrete application of REACH

The REACH regulation on the chemicals will come into force in mid year 2007, since the European Parliament deputies vote.
FECCIA militates so that the application of this regulation represents a benefit for the employees and does not lead to suppressions of employment in this very dynamic sector, carrying innovation within the framework of the sustainable development.

FECCIA is conscious of the future difficulties, starting with the lack of budgetary means.
The operating cost of the European agency (Helsinki) is growing. The teams of experts are insufficient, at the European level and the national level.
The industrialists will rationalize their range of products in a more or less forced way, because of the effects "domino" on the chain of provisioning.

FECCIA requires of the Member States of the EU and of the industrialists to coordinate their actions.
Each industrialist will have to begin by "pre-registration" of his products, initially to be able to continue to sell them.
Each Member State of the European Union will have to create a REACH agency.
The REACH regulation is a challenge for European industry, its employees, the environmental protection and the health of the consumers.

FECCIA, the European federation representing 40 000 Executive and Managerial Staff in the chemical industry, welcomes EU wide regulatory framework for chemicals that will replace existing national laws.