Monthly Briefing – February 2011 issue

In this month's briefing:

• Mamta Patel hears from the chairman of ECHA's Board of Appeal about the board's preparations for handling disputes;
• Mike Rasenberg of ECHA's registration unit summarises how well the agency dealt with 2010 registrations and looks forward to the demands of 2013;
• Geraint Roberts looks at Euro Chlor's registration challenge in 2010;
• REACHReady gives its advice on preparing for registration in 2013;
• Karl-Franz Torgesof KFT Chemieservice says companies can learn many lessons from the 2010 registration process;
• Hanwoong Lee of the Korean Business Center for Global Environmental Regulation argues that registration was not always fair to Korean firms;
• We give two examples, REACHDelivery and chemSIX, of how REACH's supply chain communication needs are helping create innovative firms;
• Emma Chynoweth reports on how ECHA is preparing to receive the first applications for authorisations;
• Sean Milmo looks back at the debate on safety data's relevance to policy making at CEFIC's Long Range Initiative (LRI) workshop in November;
• Lynn L Bergeson of law firm Bergeson & Campbell gives her predictions for US chemicals management policy this year;
• In the first of a series of articles on green chemistry, Brazil's use of biomass feedstock is examined by Lucie Pfaltzgraff of York University's Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence;
• Philippa Jones looks at how food and drink companies are tackling the potential competitive risks of using packaging coatings made with bisphenol A;
• In his legal spotlight column, Jean-Philippe Montfort of law firm Mayer Brown turns his attention to theREACH evaluation process:
• In this month's Guest Column, ECHA executive director Geert Dancetlooks ahead to the key challenges for the agency and industry in 2011.