Assessing Policy Reach: Japan’s Chemical Policy Reform in Response to the EU’s REACH Regulation
Assessing Policy Reach: Japan’s Chemical Policy Reform in Response to the EU’s REACH Regulation
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评估政策影响力：日本应对欧盟 REACH 法规的化学品政策改革
DOI：
10.1093/jel/eqq002
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Y. Naiki
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作者：
Y. Naiki
本文着重于监管的相互作用所推动的欧盟（EU）的“软实力”的监管政策。这种现象也被称为“欧洲监管全球化”。有人认为，非欧盟国家的监管政策受到欧洲监管的影响，最终可能会反映欧洲政策。本文试图分析这样一个自愿的政策适应欧洲，根据欧盟的新的化学品法规，被称为“REACH”的研究。本文重点介绍了日本最近的化学品政策改革，并分析了日本的改革与REACH的互动关系。然而，通过对日本的案例分析发现，REACH对日本改革的影响是有限的，本文试图解释日本为何迟迟不愿走向REACH式的改革。最后，文章总结了对其他亚洲国家经历REACH影响的启示。
This article focuses on the regulatory interactions fuelled by the European Union (EU)'s 'soft power' regarding regulatory policies. Such a phenomenon is also described as 'globalisation of European regulations'. It has been argued that the regulatory policies of non-EU countries are influenced by European regulation, and may end up mirroring European policy. This article attempts to analyse such a voluntary policy adaptation to Europe, based upon a study of the EU's new chemical regulation, known as 'REACH'. This article focuses on a recent Japanese chemical policy reform and analyses how the Japanese reform interacts with REACH. However, the Japanese case analysis has found that the influence of REACH upon the Japanese reform was lim- ited, and this article seeks to explain why Japan hesitated to move toward the REACH-type policy reform. Finally, the article concludes with impli- cations for other Asian countries experiencing the impact of REACH.