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    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>CBA calls on ECHA to reveal its back-up plan</title>
      <description>The Chemical Business Association (CBA) has called for the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to reveal details of its back-up submission procedure for Reach pre-registration, announced on 18 November.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>CBA calls for action on Reach pre-registration</title>
      <description>The Chemical Business Association (CBA) has asked the European Parliament to extend pre-registration because of the failure of the European Chemicals Agency's (ECHA) Reach IT system.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>CBA calls for Reach registration extension</title>
      <description>The Chemical Business Association (CBA) has called for the European Commission to extend the Reach pre-registration period by six weeks as the result of the unreliability of the Reach IT system.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>CBA members offered free SQAS/ESAD assessments</title>
      <description>The Chemical Business Association (CBA) has announced that its member companies can qualify for free SQAS/ESAD assessments thanks to an initiative by Sutton Winson.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>CBA questions ECHA pre-registration rules</title>
      <description>The Chemical Business Association (CBA) has questioned new rules for pre-registration outlined by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in its 19 September announcement.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>CBA hosts Hong Kong government visitors</title>
      <description>The Chemical Business Association has recently hosted a group of senior officials from the Hong Kong Labour Department.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chemical Business Association</category>
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      <title>Reach discounts 'are of doubtful value'</title>
      <description>Chemical Business Association says that the recently announced discounts on Reach registration fees were of 'doubtful value' in making the new legislation affordable for small and medium-sized firms</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>New guidance covers storage of liquids in IBCs</title>
      <description>The guidance sets out good practice for the industry and it will provide a reference point for the HSE in assessing operating standards.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chemical Business Association</category>
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      <title>CBA names its Diamond award winners</title>
      <description>The UK Chemical Business Association (CBA) announced its Diamond Award winners for 2008 at a special ceremony in Manchester on Wednesday 6 February</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chemical Business Association</category>
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      <title>Fees for Reach registration are 'excessive'</title>
      <description>The scale of Reach fees proposed by the new European Chemicals Agency was described as excessive in principle and practice by the Chemical Business Association (CBA)</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chemical Business Association</category>
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      <title>Law, commerce and chemical industry standards</title>
      <description>CBA has developed a new seminar which helps companies in the chemical supply chain navigate the interactions between the law, commercial priorities and industry standards, such as product stewardship</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chemical Business Association</category>
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      <title>CBA says Reach fees have reached the sky</title>
      <description>Chemical Business Association (CBA) complains about scale of proposed Reach fees - some of which increase by several hundred per cent over the figures originally proposed by the European Commission</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chemical Business Association</category>
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      <title>Chemistry education 'needs a renaissance'</title>
      <description>Chairman of the Chemical Business Association (CBA), Ken Gilkes, has called for a renaissance in chemistry education in order to meet the future needs of society and the chemical industry</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chemical Business Association</category>
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      <title>CBA appoints new president and vice-chairman</title>
      <description>The Chemical Business Association (CBA) has appointed Mike Smith, Norkem, as its president and Francis Osborn, Industrial Suppliers (Wimborne) as its vice chairman</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chemical Business Association</category>
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      <title>CBA completes transition to supply chain</title>
      <description>The Chemical Business Association (CBA) has taken a further step towards becoming an organisation representing the UK chemical supply chain</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Chemical Business Association</category>
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