12.06.2017
- Australia's regulatory authority has taken DowDuPont a step closer to becoming reality with the announcement that it will not oppose a merger of the two US chemical giants Dow and...
29.03.2017
- The EU's chemicals legislation REACH – in force for ten years and now undergoing its second review – is functioning relatively well, but there is room for improvement, Erwin Annys...
16.03.2017
- The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) Committee for risk assessment, RAC, has cleared the chemical compound glyphosate – the active ingredient in herbicides such as Monsanto’s...
10.11.2016
- After receiving the key data previously requested from Dow and DuPont, the European Commission has restarted its in-depth investigation of the $130 billion merger between the two...
09.11.2016
- The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into ChemChina’s plan to acquire Swiss agrochemicals producer Syngenta for $43 billion. The EU regulatory agency said...
07.11.2016
- As has only just been revealed, the European Commission has suspended its review into the proposed merger between Dow Chemical and DuPont Co for a second time, saying the companies...
09.08.2016
- Joining other stakeholders who initially commented on the draft legislation defining criteria for identifying endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in biocidal and plant protection...
16.06.2016
- In the form of an Impact Assessment Report and two draft legal acts – a Plant Protection Products Regulation and a Biocidal Products Regulation – the European Commission (EC) on...
