DUCC’s objectives are to:

• offer a platform for associations/federations of downstream users of chemicals, which formulate and/or place o­n the market chemical mixtures intended for end-users, where they can exchange information and expertise, work o­n issues of common interest and build up common positions towards other stakeholders.
• advise and help downstream users to implement the REACH and CLP Regulations, through common activities, guidance documents and practical tools.
• initiate dialogue and co-ordinate activities with the European Commission and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to ensure, as far as possible, that downstream users’ concerns are appropriately addressed and to contribute to the implementation activities.
• establish, where possible, common positions o­n  EU chemicals legislation, jointly support these views and related amendments towards European Institutions, and provide input to Commission activities related to legislation.
• identify other areas of common interest where common views and activities would be of benefit for DUCC members’ companies.