Aligning Chemical Classification, Labeling Is Goal of EU Delegates in Transatlantic Talks

摘要

U.S. and European authorities may never be able to reconcile their regulatory schemes for chemicals and cosmetics, but they could cooperate more closely in a number of ways, including how they classify and label chemicals, according to two position papers published by the European Commission May 14. The papers, which the commission said it published in the interest of transparency, noted that there is little scope for significantly harmonizing the regulatory regimes on either side of the Atlantic, but that the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) offers opportunities for sharing of information, scientific cooperation and mutual consultation at early stages in regulatory processes.