Background
During the past years, two important regulations have brought many changes in the management on hazardous materials. The REACH regulation deals with the Registration,Evaluation and Authorisation (or Restriction) of Chemicals; the EU-GHS regulation (based on UN GHS) concerns the gradual replacement of the old classification system by a new one.

Legislation

• REACH regulation
• EU-GHS regulation

Documentation

• Registration list
• Authorisation list
• Candidate list table
• List of restrictions

Tools

• ECHA C&L inventory
• GESTIS DNEL database

Websites

• http://www.REACHhelpdesk.nl/ (Dutch)
• http://www.GHShelpdesk.nl/ (Dutch)
• http://www.employment.belgium.be/ has a subpage Chemical Agents with some basic information on REACH and EU-GHS (Dutch)