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REACH
REACH a safer future together with SGS.
Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals.
The responsibility for the safer use of substances is the duty of ALL factors in the supply chain since the EU-chemicals legislation “REACH” came into force on 1st June 2007. REACH concerns manufacturers, importers, retailers and the so-called downstream users. Non-EU manufacturers must also comply with REACH, if they want to market their products within the EU. According to the principle “No data, no market”, substances, substances in preparations or specific substances in articles may only be handled on the EU market, if these are registered at the Chemicals Agency ECHA in Helsinki via a central data bank.
- Which REACH obligations are relevant for your company?
- When does your company need to register?
- What applies to downstream users?
- REACH Deadlines
- What else could concern manufacturers, importers, retailers and downstream users?
- Reach and the Automotive Industry
- Global REACH Services by SGS
Which REACH obligations are relevant for your company?
Each company must identify, which requirements of the REACH regulation are applicable to the activities performed in the company:
- Pre-registration of phase-in substances (few exceptions possible after 1st Dec. 2008)
- Registration
- Restriction
- Authorisation
- Communication and information transfers in the supply chain
When does your company need to register?
- Production of a substance above 1 ton per calendar year
- Import of substances or preparations from the non-EU countries above 1 ton per calendar year
- Import or production of an article, which under normal or predictable conditions releases a substance in volumes above 1 ton per calendar year
The deadlines for the registration of phase-in substances stretch over a time frame of 11 years from the date that REACH came into force, if your company has pre-registered its phase-in substances.
What applies to downstream users?
- Ensure that your intended use is allowed for by the registration
- Check the safety data sheet from the supplier for your intended use and communicate all non-compliances to the supplier.
- Implement risk management measures
- Keep the received information for a minimum of 10 years
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