The 'perfect storm' of REACH: charting regulatory controversy in the age of information, sustainable development, and globalization
The European Union's new chemicals regulation, REACH, has been one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in EU history. Indeed, the debate over REACH is akin to a 'perfect storm' in that the intense controversy over it has been caused by three regulatory aspects of the regim...
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| description | The European Union's new chemicals regulation, REACH, has been one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in EU history. Indeed, the debate over REACH is akin to a 'perfect storm' in that the intense controversy over it has been caused by three regulatory aspects of the regime. First, REACH privatizes information collection, provision and assessment. Second, REACH represents a significant application of sustainable development and in so doing, redefines the conditions on which the EU chemicals market operates. Third, REACH will inevitably have inter-jurisdictional impacts for both supranational and national legal cultures including trade law implications, REACH being a template for international initiatives, it being a policy/legal irritant in other jurisdictions, and it providing information for public and private action in other jurisdictions. A charting of these different aspects of the regime not only provides a more nuanced account of REACGH but also provides a clearer understanding of the challenges of regulating environmental and health risks in an era of market globalization. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:d68f43d2-996b-42f6-855c-421b4238a7fe2022-03-27T08:34:17ZThe 'perfect storm' of REACH: charting regulatory controversy in the age of information, sustainable development, and globalizationJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:d68f43d2-996b-42f6-855c-421b4238a7feEU LawLawEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetRoutledge2008Fisher, EThe European Union's new chemicals regulation, REACH, has been one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in EU history. Indeed, the debate over REACH is akin to a 'perfect storm' in that the intense controversy over it has been caused by three regulatory aspects of the regime. First, REACH privatizes information collection, provision and assessment. Second, REACH represents a significant application of sustainable development and in so doing, redefines the conditions on which the EU chemicals market operates. Third, REACH will inevitably have inter-jurisdictional impacts for both supranational and national legal cultures including trade law implications, REACH being a template for international initiatives, it being a policy/legal irritant in other jurisdictions, and it providing information for public and private action in other jurisdictions. A charting of these different aspects of the regime not only provides a more nuanced account of REACGH but also provides a clearer understanding of the challenges of regulating environmental and health risks in an era of market globalization. |
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| title | The 'perfect storm' of REACH: charting regulatory controversy in the age of information, sustainable development, and globalization |
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