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What does EA mean? In legal practice, EA is commonly used as the abbreviation for the environment agency, the environmental regulator for England. The abbreviation itself is not defined in legislation; statutes and regulations refer to “the Environment Agency”. EA is frequently cited in contracts, planning applications, environmental due diligence, regulatory correspondence and litigation. In England, the EA issues, varies and enforces environmental permits under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, regulates waste and industrial installations, water quality and water resources (including abstraction and discharge), manages flood risk and main rivers, serves enforcement notices, accepts enforcement undertakings and prosecutes pollution and...

UK REACH in Great Britain: evaluation, authorisation, restrictions, SVHCs and transitional arrangements, with Northern Ireland's EU REACH alignment, devolved roles and reforms (ATRm, lead ammunition, Environmental Improvement Plan 2025).

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Introduction to UK REACH

REACH is the shorthand for Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which governs the registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of chemicals (the REACH Regulation).

Before REACH came into force, there were worries that the risks from chemicals placed on the EU market were not being properly controlled or sufficiently examined, and that the entire responsibility sat with public authorities.

REACH set out to change this by shifting the onus for proving understanding of, and effectively managing, chemical risks to those who manufacture and/or import chemicals or goods that contain them, namely industry.

In addition, REACH aims to:

ensure a high level of protection for human health and the environment;
enable the free movement of substances within the EU market;
strengthen the competitiveness and innovation of the EU chemicals industry; and
promote alternative methods for assessing hazardous properties, such as quantitative structure-activity relationships.

At 11 pm (UK time) on 31 December 2020, REACH was copied onto the UK statute book as retained direct EU legislation under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018...

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