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REACH Competent Authority Forum stresses harmonized enforcement of REACH

The Forum for exchange of information on enforcement met for the second time on 14 and 15 May in Helsinki.

The Forum elected Ms. Kowalski (Germany) as its Chair and Mr. Blenkers (the Netherlands) and Mr Savov (Bulgaria) as the two Vice-Chairs. The Forum adopted its first Work Programme for years 2008-2010 and addressed several practical enforcement issues related to the entry into operation of the REACH Regulation 1 June 2008. In particular it advocated the importance of harmonised enforcement of ’no data – no market’ rule to ensure equal treatment of companies all over the EU. In this context, the Forum agreed that ensuring that pre-registration is made correctly is an important first step.

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