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The REACH regulation envisage that the placing on the market and use of substances fulfilling the criteria as very high concern are subject to authorisation.
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Environmental surveillance in practice
Environmental surveillance at sea is mainly carried out with aerial resources. The Management Unit of the Mathematical Model of the North...
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Given the problems that hunting poses to animal welfare, the IWC established the Working Group on Whale Killing Methods and Associated Welfare Issues.
The issue of welfare and...
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Features and properties
Asbestos, also known as asbestos, is a fibrous mineral, naturally present in the form of magnesium, iron or sodium silicates. There are 6 forms of...
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Article 33 of the REACH Regulation envisages that information on substances of very high concern (abbreviated as SVHC) in the articles must be provided by the firm:- by default to...
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As a consumer, you have the right to ask your supplier* whether the item that you have just purchased from him contains a substance of very high concern (SVHC- substance of very...
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The purpose of authorisation, as envisaged in the REACH regulation, is to ensure that the "risks from substances of very high concern are properly controlled and that these...
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The restriction procedure is used to limit the manufacturing, use or marketing of substances, mixtures and articles that pose an unacceptable risk to human health or to the...
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These are threats that have emerged recently due to technological progress or increase in the human population, etc.
These threats are still poorly understood because they are...
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Asbestos is not naturally present in Belgium. It is a highly toxic, natural, fibrous material. This is why, since the end of 2001, it has been strictly prohibited across Belgium...