This article addresses the question of data-sharing mechanisms under REACH. The members of an information exchange forum have to share their data. This exchange requires the adoption of a compensation scheme : the owner of a data receives a monetary compensation in return for the access to...

The EC REACH regulation was enforced the 1st June 2007. REACH requires undertakings to prove the environmental and sanitary innocuousness of their chemical substances. The implementation of this regulation involves the production and exchange of a significant amount of technical and competitive...

[eng] REACH legislation stands apart from other environmental and health legislations in two major respects. First, it enshrines a legal principle of reversal of burden of proof by making firms responsible for demonstrating the harmlessness of the products they use. Second, it requires firms to...