Product Liability Risks for the Chemicals Industry – Recent Developments in China and the United States
This is Part Two of a two-part publication on the recent legal developments with regard to product liability risks for companies in the Chemicals industry. This combined effort was undertaken by various members of the Hogan Lovells Global Chemicals Product Liability Industry group. This second part focuses on China and the U.S. The respective authors are Eugene Chen and Yuping Zhao (both China) and Trevor Jefferies, Eric Statman, Matthew Galvin and Courtney Colligan (all U.S.). The first part, published in June 2011, focused on recent developments in Germany, the UK, Italy and France.
In recent years, China has seen a flurry of legislation with potential effect on the Chemicals industry. Major developments include the enactment of the People's Republic of China (“PRCâ€) Tort Liability Law (“Tort Liability Lawâ€) and the establishment of an administrative management framework for chemical substances based on international regulations and standards (such as EC 1907/2006 on R egistration, E valuation, A uthorization, and Restriction of Ch emical substances – “REACH†and G lobally H armonized S ystem of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals – “GHSâ€).
Autor(en)
Eugene Chen, Yuping Zhao, Trevor Jefferies, Eric Statman, Matthew Galwin
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StoffR 04 / 2011 (August 2011)
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