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Chemicals

Fertilising products
Additional or tailored legislation for specific chemicals, such as some of those used in fertilising products, detergents, explosives, pyrotechnic articles, and drug precursors.
Chemical transition pathway
This partnership gives stakeholders the opportunity to submit initiatives that will help the chemical industry become more green and digital.
What the Commission is doing
Policies to increase chemicals sector competitiveness, innovation, and resource and energy efficiency, and reviews of EU legislation.
Good Laboratory Practice
Good Laboratory Practice is a set of principles that promote the quality and validity of data generated in testing chemicals, and helps prevent fraudulent practices.
Poison centres
EU rules, list of national poison centres, workshops, and studies.
Chemicals legislation
Legislation and documents for REACH, the EU regulation on classification, labelling and packaging (CLP), fertilisers, detergents, explosives, pyrotechnic articles, drug precursors, and good laboratory practice.
Key players
Key players when it comes to REACH, the classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) regulation, and international aspects of chemicals rules.

The chemicals industry is one of Europe’s largest manufacturing sectors. As an ‘enabling industry’, it plays a pivotal role in providing innovative materials and technological solutions to support Europe's industrial competitiveness.

The chemicals industry produces petrochemicals, polymers, basic inorganics, specialties, and consumer chemicals.

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