BASF successfully completes second REACH phase
BASF has successfully completed the second phase of registration for REACH under EU chemical law. The second phase of registration for chemicals with a production volume between 100 and 1,000 metric tons per year ends on May 31.
In this phase, BASF submitted around 550 substance dossiers to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) – more than any other company. BASF also topped the list of companies in the registration process with around 680 substance dossiers in phase 1. By the end of the final transition period in the year 2018, BASF is expecting a total of approximately 3,500 registrations. 250 employees at BASF are engaged in the implementation of REACH, and the total costs for BASF by the year 2018 will be between €500 million and €550 million.
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