1.What is REACH?
REACH stands for the Regulation for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals,this Regulation should ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment from the wide-spread use of chemical substances and entered into force on 1st June 2007.
2. Aim of REACH:
Ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment; Enhancing competitiveness and innovation; Reducing vertebrate animals test; Consistent with international obligations under WTO.
From the real sense,REACH regulations would promote the chemical industry innovation, make producers to produce more safe products and stimulate growth and competitiveness. REACH is different from other existing legislations; it will introduce a single unified system for all chemicals and enable producers to product new chemical products under a single principle.
3. Specific contents of REACH
No.1907/2006/EC
The Regulation includes 15 titles with 141 articles, and 17 annexes
Title I: Aim and Scope
Title II: Registration of Chemical Substances
Title III: Data Sharing and Avoidance of Unnecessary Animal Teasing
Title IV: Information in the Supply Chain
Title V: Downstream Users
Title VI: Evaluation
Title VII: Authorisation (Permission)
Title VIII: Restrictions on the Manufacturing, Placing on the Market and Use of Certain Dangerous Substances and Preparations
Title IX: Fees and Charges
Title X: Agency
Title XI: Classification and Labelling Inventory
Title XII: Information
Title XIII: Competent Authorities
Title XIV: Enforcement
Title XV: Transitional and Final Provisions
Annex I: General Provisions for Assessing Substances and Preparing Chemical Safety Reports
Annex II: Guide to the Compilation of Safety Data Sheets
Annex III: Criteria for Substances Registered in Quantities between 1 and 10 Tonnes
Annex IV: Exemptions from the Obligation to Register in accordance with Article 2 (7) (a)
Annex V: Exemptions from the Obligation to Register in accordance with Article 2 (7) (b)
Annex VI: Basic Information Requirements
Annex VII: Additional Information Requirements for Substances in Quantities of 1 Ton or more
Annex VIII: Additional Information Requirements for Substances in Quantities of 10 Tonnes or more
Annex IX: Additional Information Requirements for Substances in Quantities of 100 Tonnes or more
Annex X: Additional Information Requirements for Substances in Quantities of 1000 Tonnes or more
Annex XI: General Rules for the Testing Standards Set Out in Annexes VII to X
Annex XII: General Provisions for Downstream Users to Assess Substances and Prepare Chemical Safety Reports
Annex XIII: Criteria for the Identification of Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic Substances, And Very Persistent and Very Bioaccumulative Substances
Annex XIV: List of Substances Subject to Authorisation
Annex XV: Dossiers
Annex XVI: Socio-Economic Profits and Losses Analysis
Annex XVII: Restrictions on the Manufacturing, Placing on the Market and Use of Certain Dangerous Substances, Preparations and Articles
4. We provide professional REACH services:
List all substances in the products;
Collecting available data;
Safety Data Sheet compilation;
Analyzing exposure possibility;
Chemical safety assessment;Chemical Safety Reports compilation;
Testing of Substances of very high concern;
Finding substituted goods or improved goods for the chemical composition in products;
Collecting and transferring information in the supply chain;
Preparing technical dossier
Communicating with ECHA; Tracking the latest information.
Assisting companies to join in Substance Information Exchange Forum (SIEF) and share data;
Organizing joint registration;
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