Are EFTA member states included in the scope of REACH?
Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland are members of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA). The EFTA Convention established a free trade area among its Member States in 1960. Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway entered into the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) in 1992, which entered into force in 1994. Therefore, the EEA is composed of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and the 27 EU Member States. As soon as REACH is implemented by the EEA EFTA-States (which means EFTA States covered by EEA agreement), imports from Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein will be considered as intra-Community trade for the purposes of REACH. EFTA is preparing a proposal for an EEA Joint Committee Decision, incorporating the Regulation and establishing the conditions for the EEA EFTA participation in the EU Chemicals Agency. EFTA is targeting to have the Regulation incorporated by 1 June 2008. Therefore, an importer of a substance from an EEA country would not be required to register the su
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