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Challenges faced by SMEs
During 2013, the focus of chemicals safety actors shifted to the concerns and needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This shift of attention was partly triggered by the upcoming third REACH registration deadline in 2018. But, it also reflects the common realisation that the success of REACH and other pieces of EU chemicals safety legislation in the coming years depends on the compliance of smaller actors and duty holders.
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Andreas Herdina. |
Andreas Herdina
Director of Cooperation
ECHA's SME Ambassador
Further information:
- REACH SME workshop
- ECHA Work Programme 2014
- REACH Review
- State of knowledge of entrepreneurs in the area of occupational safety and health in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) (in German)
- Rapport Impact REACH op MKB
- Cut EU red tape: Report from the Business Taskforce
The Directors' Contact Group - supporting registrants
Further information:
DCG Terms of Work (1 January 2014 – 31 December 2018)
| Support for SMEs now available in 23 EU languages ECHA has updated the support web pages for small and medium-sized enterprises to make them more user-friendly and published in 23 languages. The pages include, for example, step-by-step instructions for determining the correct company size and more detailed information on potential consequences of false company size declarations. Visit the SME support section. |
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