In an article published in Frankfurter Rundschau the Environment Ministers of Germany and Sweden, Jörgen Trittin and Lena Sommestad, argues for a stronger REACH. They emphasise four points that they consider particularly important:

• Promote substitution
• More information on substances between 1-10 tonne per year
• Future impact assessments covers all costs and benefits for business, health and environment
• Exchange of information to reduce animal experiments