Position paper - AmCham EU's position on the Swedish tax on hazardous substances

The American Chamber of Commerce to the EU (AmCham EU) believes that the existing EU regulations on chemicals, especially the Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006, is the appropriate mechanism to address substances of concern in a coherent, scientific way on a Union-wide basis. Therefore, we are opposed to Sweden or any other EU Member State introducing a national tax on chemical substances in certain product groups.