REACH
The Regulation No 1907 of 18 December 2006, known as REACH, lays down the criteria for the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals.
Services
In order to provide a professional customized service an audit is necessary to identify the specific provisions the undertaking has to comply with.
- Safety data sheets (SDS)
- preparation, evaluation and revision of safety data sheets without any software support
- SDS translation
- SDS updating
- compliance audit
- Articles containing SVHC
- notification to ECHA of Substances of Very High Concern contained in articles not intended to be released
- planning and management for accessing information to comply with the duty to communicate information on substances contained in articles
- validation of information received
- preparation of labelling for safe use of the article
- evaluation of SVHC presence
- identification of notification exemptions if any and preparation of support documentation
- Authorisation
- support service to obtain the authorisation for the use of substances which has been listed in annex XIV of REACH Regulation
- Restrictions
- evaluation of the undertaking’s production process to identify banned or restricted substances listed in annex XVII of REACH Regulation
- identification of banned or restricted uses and evaluation of the compliance with the limits set out for articles therein
- End-of-waste
- preparation of documents (SDS, product data sheets, etc.) to comply with REACH provisions applicable to recovered materials derived from waste treatment
- technical evaluation of exemptions and preparation of support documentation
- Downstream users
technical support to comply with provisions laid down in REACH Regulation such as:- providing information up and down the supply chain
- support service to obtain the authorisation for the use not covered by an authorisation of substances which has been listed in annex XIV of REACH Regulation
- restriction compliance management
- preparation of SDS (if applicable)
- evaluation of exposure scenarios
- Registration
- preparation of registration dossier using IUCLID software
- preparation of CSR (chemical safety report) and if necessary the exposure scenarios through preparation of exposure assessment
- risk characterisation
- SIEFs and/or consortia management for data sharing
- inquiry to ECHA for non phase-in substances
- Late Pre-registration
- submission to ECHA of the information to benefit of late pre-registration for phase-in substances
- Only representative
- acting as only representative on behalf of a natural or legal person established outside the Community who manufactures a substance
- PPORD notification
- notification to ECHA of information for a substance manufactured in the Community or imported for the purposes of product and process orientated research and development by a manufacturer or importer or producer of articles in order to benefit of a period of five years exemption from general obligations under REACH
For further information on the topic please refer to REACH legislation
The aim of REACH is to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment, including the promotion of alternative methods for assessment of hazards of substances, as well as the free circulation of substances on the internal market while enhancing competitiveness and innovation. In regard to the principle of “no data no market”, substances on their own, in mixtures or in articles shall not be manufactured in the Community or placed on the market unless they have been registered or they are exempted or if the regulation is not applicable. Any manufacturer or importer of a substance either on its own or in one or more mixture in quantities of one tonne or more per year has likely to submit a registration to the Agency (ECHA). REACH can be viewed as an horizontal piece of legislation and as such affects many sectors even if already ruled by other directives, regulations or national laws.