European Chemicals Agency
- European Chemicals Agency
Infobox European Union agency
name=European Chemicals Agency
x = 154
y = 70
location=Helsinki, Finland
pillar=European Community
signdate= December 18, 2006
establish=June 1, 2007
director=Geert Dancet (interim)
website= [http://echa.europa.eu/ echa.europa.eu]
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is an agency of the European Union which manages the technical, scientific and administrative aspects of the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) system. It is sited in Helsinki.
The Agency, headed by an Executive Director, started work on 1 June 2007 with 40 staff, who are initially seconded from Brussels to operate phone lines and train new staff. [http://euobserver.com/9/24169] Its secretariat is planned to grow gradually from around one hundred people in 2007 up to around four hundred in 2010.
External links
* [http://www.hel.fi/wps/portal/Helsinki_en/echa?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/en/Helsinki/echa Helsinki Welcomes The European Chemicals Agency]
* [http://echa.europa.eu ECHA website]
* [http://echa.europa.eu/opportunities/positions_en.asp Job opportunities]
* [http://www.mn-consortium.org; REACH Mn Consortium]
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