The United Nations (UN) held its conference on 22-24 March in New York, at the organisation’s headquarters. Participants of the conference were addressed by Ioannis Katsoyiannis from EPLO (European Public Law Organization) and EuChemS Division of Chemistry and the Environment as well as by President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
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The European Commission is – after several delays – set to present the proposal for the revision of the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction (REACH) regulation in the 4th quarter of 2023. However, representatives of the European Parliament, as well as stakeholder groups are are dissatisfied with the commission’s current timeline.
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ACS Spring 2023, the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) major scientific conference was held in Indianapolis, IN, from 26 to 30 March. EuChemS was invited to attend and to participate in a number of events. While EuChemS was a regular guest at previous ACS events, this was the first in-person attendance of an EuChemS delegation overseas since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On 16 March, the European Commission made a proposal on Critical Raw Materials (CRM) concerning the EU’s secure access to them, which, on 28 March, was discussed by the the members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton. CRM are also relevant for EuChemS, as the EuChemS Periodic Table workshop series examines many of them in-depth.
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