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Chemicals Regulation Policy Unit

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Role of the Unit

The role of the Chemicals Regulation Policy Unit is to formulate policy on regulating chemicals and includes:

Latest News

Dangerous Substances (Retail and Private Petroleum Stores) (Amendment) Regulations 2011

The Dangerous Substances (Retail and Private Petroleum Stores) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, which were signed into law by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on 22 December 2011.

These Regulations extend, until 31 December 2012, the authority to license in certain circumstances petrol stations which were constructed before 28 September, 1979. The Regulations amend the Dangerous Substances (Retail and Private Petroleum Stores) (Amendment) Regulations 2010.

Dangerous Substances (Retail and Private Petroleum Stores) (Amendment) Regulations 2011(PDF 111KB)

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Survey on the impact of the REACH Regulation on the innovativeness of the EU chemical industry.

The European Commission is carrying out an extensive review of the REACH Regulation that will report on the first lessons learnt from the implementation of REACH. The Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services (CSES) has been commissioned by the European Commission Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry to conduct a study on the impact of the REACH Regulation on the innovativeness of the EU chemical industry. The study includes an on-line survey of businesses across the European Union to receive feedback on key issues related to the implementation of the REACH Regulation. It is available in 22 EU languages.

The survey is expected to remain open until 7 October 2011 and you are invited to contribute to this important review by completing the survey. Link to the survey: http://www.cses.co.uk/reach_innovation_survey/.

The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation expects to shortly launch a consultation process with interested parties/stakeholders in Ireland on the development of a national position on the European Commission's REACH Review. Any parties wishing to make a submission in the meantime should email their comments to the following email address: chemicals@djei.ie

Other News

For older news please see our Archived Updates and Notifications page.

Useful links

Useful Links and Information:

www.hsa.ie

www.echa.europa.eu

eChemPortal

www.europarl.europa.eu/en/headlines

DG Enterprise and Industry REACH pages

DG Environment REACH pages

Euractiv chemicals policy review

European Chemicals Industry Council (CEFIC)

IBEC and Pharmachemical Ireland REACH pages

Rotterdam Convention

Structure of Unit

John Hughes

(Assistant Principal)

Cliona Ryan

(Administrative Officer)

Seamus McCarthy

(Clerical Officer)

Last modified: 24/01/2012

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Contact this Unit

Chemicals Regulation Policy Unit,
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation,
Room 400 Davitt House,
Adelaide Road, Dublin 2.
Fax: 00 353 1 631 3263

E-mail: chemicals@djei.ie

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  1. Chemicals (Amendment) Act 2010 (PDF 46.6KB) | An tAcht Ceimiceán (Leasú) 2010 (PDF, 58KB)
  2. Chemicals Act 2008 (No 13 of 2008) (PDF, 390KB) | An tAcht Ceimiceán 2008 (PDF)
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