The European Chemicals Agency, ECHA, is an agency of the European Union. We help companies to comply with the EU chemicals legislation; advance the safe use of chemicals; provide information about chemicals; and address chemicals of concern. 

Almost 600 dedicated professionals from all over EU work in ECHA. Our staff are from 26 European countries and a wide range of professional disciplines: we have chemists, toxicologists, eco-toxicologists, lawyers, communications professionals, economists. If you would like to join our team, follow this page closely for open vacancies.

We welcome input from anyone in response to our public consultations. In particular, we ask for feedback on chemical substances and their impact on humans and the environment, as well as potential alternatives to the most hazardous ones.