Federal Act issuing a Federal Act implementing the REACH Regulation. Country/Territory Austria Document type Legislation Date 2009 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Hazardous substances Polluter pays principle Precautionary principle Enforcement/compliance Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The present Act lays down provisions relating to the implementation of the Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). In particular, article 1 establishes that pursuant to article 121 of the afore-mentioned Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006, the present Act appoints the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, the Environment and Water Resources as the competent authority responsible for ensuring the enforcement of legislation concerning the marketing and use of chemicals. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Implements Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC. Legislation | European Union | 2006 (2023) Keyword: Hazardous substances, Registration, Authorization/permit, Precautionary principle, Basic legislation, Institution, Access-to-information, Environmental fees/charges, Internal trade, International trade, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting, Inventory, Packaging/labelling, Protection of environment, Public health, Risk assessment/management Source: FAO, FAOLEX