Substances Directive (as amended) was one of the main European Union laws concerning chemical safety, until its full replacement by the new regulationCLP Regulation
Chemicals (REACH) Regulation (EC No 1907/2006) and replaces an older system contained in the Dangerous Substances Directive (67/548/EEC) and the Dangerous
Regulations can be distinguished from directives which, at least in principle, need to be transposed into national law. Regulations can be adopted by means of a
personal data. The General Data Protection Regulation, adopted in April 2016, superseded the Data Protection Directive and became enforceable on 25 May 2018