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REACH

How to implement REACH?

REACH is based on the principle (Art.1, §3) that manufacturers, importers, and downstream users must ensure that they produce, put on the market, or use substances, that have no harmful effects on human health or on the environment. This principle is applicable to substances in whatever size or form and for all their identified uses.

Gradual application from 2007 to 2017 these regulations concern 30,000 existing substances. It does not discriminate between substances according to the year of first placement on the market, but establishes registration criteria under the responsibility of manufacturers in terms of annual tonnage per company.

Which procedure for which tonnage?

152-REACH

REACH: a tonnage criteria.

For a tonnage > 1 ton/year/establishment, the manufacturer evaluates the dangerousness of the substance and files a report for an examination at the European Chemicals Agency (Helsinki). This report should be updated in case of evolving customs and affects on health.

For a tonnage < 1 ton/year/establishment, a priori, no registration is required. Nevertheless, regardless of the tonnage, a substance with properties of concern (CMR*, PBT*, vPvB*) must be authorized and have a procedure of restriction. The European Agency may limit or prohibit its marketing. 

CMR: Carcinogen agent, Mutagen, toxic for reproduction 

PBT: Persistent, Bioaccumulable, and Toxic Substance

vPvB : very Persistent and very Bioaccumulable Substance