Environmental control of products and substances. Legal concepts in Europe and the United States Author Gebers B., Jendroska J. (eds) Date 1994 Source IUCN (ID: MON-052077) Publisher | Place of publication Verlag Peter Lang GmbH | Frankfurt/M., Germany ISBN 3-631-47672-8 Pages 179 p. Language English Field of application International Country/Territory United States of America, Russian Federation, Romania, Czech Republic, European Union Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Public health Hazardous substances Geographical area Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Europe Abstract Contents: (1) Concept for a regulation of material flows (2) Overview of recent developments in Central and Eastern Europe (3) Control of products and substances: Overview of recent developments in the European Community (4) Strategies for the control of chemical substances in the EC (5) Instruments and criteria of chemical substances controll (6) Conception of the Russian Federation Draft Law on ' Safety in industry ' (7) Legal and administrative measures to ensure ecological safety of consumer goods in Russia (8) Some remarks on environmental control of substances andd products in Romania (9) Legislation on chemicals in the Czech Republic (10) Trade and environment issues in the multilateral regulation of international trade in chemicals (11) Some remarks on internal market law and national product oriented environmental policy (12) Standardization and public participation in the EC (13) Legal concept of EIA and control of products (14) Introduction of a polluting emissions register in the EC (15) The right to know about toxic hazards and related trends toward environmental democracy in the United States (16) Minutes of the Conference 'Environmental Control of Products and Substances'