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title: EU legislation on REACH, General Product Safety, Waste framework legislation and Data protection identified as the most burdensome laws for small and medium-sized enterprises
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# [EU legislation on REACH, General Product Safety, Waste framework legislation and Data protection identified as the most burdensome laws for small and medium-sized enterprises](https://go.adherent.com/commentary-analysis-old/eu-legislation-on-reach-general-product-safety-waste-framework-legislation-and-data-protection-identified-as-the-most-burdensome-laws-for-small-and-med)

 Written by [judith](https://go.adherent.com/commentary-analysis-old/author/judith) | Mar 7, 2013, 2:18:30 PM

In a Memo released by the EU Commission today EU legislation on REACH,  General Product Safety, Waste framework legislation and Data protection were identified as being amongst the top ten most burdensome EU laws for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's) .

The EU Commission went on to outline how the Commission is helping SME's now that their concerns have been expressed. It is set to announce follow up actions (e.g. legislative amendments or further evaluation) wherever appropriate by June 2013.

The Commission identified below how it has been active in the area of REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals):

A review was adopted early 2013. It was supported by numerous thematic studies with an input from more than 1600 companies. The review concludes that REACH functions well and delivers on all objectives that at present can be assessed. However, it also concluded that the share of burden in achieving the result has been disproportionate for SMEs and this issue has to be addressed as in the next phase of registration of substances until 2018 will involve many more SMEs. In this context, the Commission concludes that changes to the enacting terms of REACH will not be proposed but it makes specific recommendations to reduce the impact of the Regulation on SMEs.

The Commission identified below how it has been active in the area of General Product Safety and market surveillance package:

The Commission has also addressed SMEs' concerns in the recently adopted 'Product Safety and Market Surveillance Package'. More coherent rules will lower compliance costs for SMEs and will make it possible for more of them to become able to respect all product safety requirements. Thus, it will become easier for them to access other EU markets. The Commission will provide special guidance and information, in particular through the European Enterprise Network (EEN), to companies on the interpretation and application of the new rules. The EEN, supported by the network of national SME Envoys, is expected to collect feedback from SMEs and report on their specific needs and concerns to be taken into account for the implementation of the new rules. Last but not least, the Commission will provide financial support for joint enforcement actions, allowing market surveillance authorities and customs to pool resources and expertise and to apply SME-friendly methods.

The Commission identified below how it has been active in the area of Waste

The Commission will in 2013 start a comprehensive review of waste policy and legislation covering key targets in EU waste legislation, an ex-post evaluation ("fitness check") of five Directives dealing with separate waste streams and an assessment of how the problem of plastic waste can better tackled.

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