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In our first newsletter we informed you about the new EU legislation REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals) which will come into force as of June 1st, 2007.

The current EU chemical policy consists of around 40 different legislative instruments. While new substances are intensely tested before they receive market approval this does not exist for substances introduced to the market before September 1981.

In order to stop the different handling of ‘new’ and ‘old’ chemical substances the EU legislation adopted in November 2006 the new REACH legislation which had its beginning as a first draft in October 2003.

The purpose of this legislation is a high level of protection for both health and the environment, to ensure free traffic for substances within the EU market and to balance this with the improvement of both, competitiveness and innovation.
Maxim of this legislation is that importers, manufacturers as well as downstream user shall only import, produce or use substances which do not pose a threat to human health and the environment.

Main objectives

• harmonized registration system of all (about 30.000) new and existing chemicals which are imported into or manufactured in the EU
• Importers and manufacturers will take responsibility of proof that their products will pose no threat to human health and the environment.
• downstream user need to provide detailed information with regard to handling and risk of substances.
• greater transparency to the public.
• supervision of REACH through the European Chemical Agency.

Timing

More important is the time frame set before REACH is fully implemented.
Depending on the annual tonnage imported or produced the following registration periods will apply after REACH will come into force on June 1st, 2007.

• pre-registration phase (about 18 months)
• registration of all substances from > 1000 t/a within 3 years (2010)
• registration of all substances from 10-100 t/a within 6 years (2013)
• registration of all substances from 1-10 t/a within 11 years (2018)

CMR substances (Carciogenic, Mutagenic, Reprotoxic) > 1t/a as well as high concern substances of classification N (R50-53) > 100t/a need also registration within the first 3 years.

Substances without registration will be excluded from further use or marketing.

In the following newsletters we will take a look at the registration process and the documentation needed.

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This entry was posted on Monday, April 23rd, 2007
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