Chemicals Bill 2008
Public bill · Government · Presented
The Chemicals Bill 2008 would create a single framework for controlling chemicals, including their manufacture, use, sale, import, export, transport, storage, testing, labelling and packaging, while implementing key European rules on dangerous chemicals, detergents and REACH. It would give the Health and Safety Authority and other agencies stronger inspection and enforcement powers, including improvement plans, fines, product withdrawals and immediate bans where chemicals pose serious risks to people or the environment. It would also protect employees who report breaches and allow the public to be informed about serious violations.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to regulate and control the manufacture, use, placing on the market, export, import, transport, testing, storage, classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals; to make provision in relation to major accident hazards, and the prevention of accidents, involving chemicals; for those purposes to give further effect to Regulation (EC) No. 304/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals, Regulation (EC) No. 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on detergents and Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency; to confer power on the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to make regulations for the purpose of giving effect to certain provisions of the treaties governing the European Communities and certain acts of the institutions of those Communities; and to provide for matters connected therewith
Last updated 20 November 2019
- Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Primary
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- Chemicals Bill 2008: Second Stage. Seanad
- Chemicals Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages. Seanad
- Chemicals Bill 2008: Order for Report Stage. Dáil
- Chemicals Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. Dáil
- Chemicals Bill 2008: Committee Stage. SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENTERPRISE, TRADE AND EMPLOYMENT
- Chemicals Bill 2008: Financial Resolution. Dáil
- Chemicals Bill 2008: Order for Second Stage. Dáil
- Chemicals Bill 2008: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil