2010: A Challenging Year for the Implementation of China REACH

On 19 Jan 2010 the Ministry of Environment Protection of China (MEP) launched the final version of "Measures on the Environmental Management of New Chemical Substances", also dubbed as "China REACH") and announced that the "Measures" would be implemented from 15 October, 2010. The "Measures", also called "China REACH", contains provisions impacting foreign companies and is likely to place them at a significant disadvantage.