The "Once an Article, Always an Article" Approach.

The article offers the author's insights on the opinion delivered by German Advocate General Juliane Kokott of the European Union Court of Justice on February 12, 2015 on the concept of articles under the 2006 Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation. Topics include whether component-article is an article itself, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) guidance, and substances of very high concern listed on the Candidate List (SVHCs).