The associations goals are: - to inform its members about legislation and regulation in the EU and its Member States affecting their business; - to research into common solutions of any legal, financial, scientific and technical issues caused by community or national legislation or regulation, with the intention to improve or develop the members' economic activities; - to represent its members in all occurring situations towards the European Institutions and Memberstates; - to be the single point of contact of its members for regulatory authorities at any level with regard to the placing on the market of substances and products; - to organise meetings between its members, and/or with regulatory authorities, to distribute information, to develop, draft and distribute proposals on possible solutions for common problems to regulatory authorities, and to legally represent its members.