Biocidal Products Regulation Could Prove Challenging for EU

摘要

For the European coatings industry, REACH, the seven-year-old European Union's legislation on the registration, evaluation and authorization of industrial chemicals, has been posing major difficulties. However the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR), another piece of new legislation which came into effect only in September last year, could turn out to be an even bigger challenge than expected to the industry.