CGI REACH consulting services are designed to give you insight into how the new EU REACH Legislation will impact your business, and provide guidance on how to address these impacts. The following is a brief overview of some of the REACH requirements as presented on the ECHA website (http://echa.europa.eu/home_en.asp).
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Pre-Registration
Manufacturers and importers must pre-register substances that are already on the EU market (phase-in substances). Pre-registration helps companies with extended registration deadlines and also enables registrants to share data with other registrants and avoid carrying out redundant tests. The pre-registration period is limited from 1 June 2008 to 1 December 2008. |
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Companies that start manufacturing or importing >1 ton/year of a chemical substance in to the EU after December 1, 2008, can benefit from late pre-registration provisions. Late pre-registration does not apply to companies that failed to meet the pre-registration deadline. These companies cannot continue producing or importing the substance until they have submitted a full registration dossier |
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Registration
REACH requires manufacturers and importers of chemical substances (≥1 ton/year) to obtain information on the physicochemical, health and environmental properties, and to use these data to assess the risks related to these substances and to develop and recommend appropriate risk management measures. Each manufacturer and importer must submit a registration dossier documenting the data and assessments to the Agency. The registration deadline depends on the tonnage band and the hazardous properties of the substance. |
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Substance properties/Yearly Volume |
Deadline for Registration of Phase-In Substances |
CMR (Cat 1 & 2) 1 ton/yr
PBT (R 50-53) 100 ton/yr
Other substances 1000 ton/yr |
30 November 2010 |
Other substances 100 ton/yr |
31 May 2013 |
Other substances 1 ton/yr |
31 May 2018 |
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Evaluation
The Agency will perform dossier evaluation to assess testing proposals made by the registrant and to check that the registration dossiers comply with the requirements. The Agency will also co-ordinate substance evaluation, which will be conducted by the Member States to investigate chemicals of concern. |
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Authorization/Restriction
Authorization will be required for the prioritized substances of very high concern (SVHC) that are included in Annex XIV. Companies applying for authorization will have to demonstrate that risks associated with uses of these substances are adequately controlled or that the socio-economic benefits from their use outweigh the risks. Applicants will also have to investigate the possibility of substituting theses substances with safer alternatives or technologies, and prepare substitution plans, if appropriate. |
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The European Union can impose Restrictions and prohibit or set conditions for the manufacture, placing on the market or use of certain hazardous substances when unacceptable risks to humans or the environment have been identified. |
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Communication in the Supply Chain
Suppliers of substances must pass on information on the health, safety and environmental properties and safe use of their chemicals to their downstream users (via a Safety Data Sheet or other means). Downstream users may only use substances classified as dangerous or which are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT and vPvB) if they apply risk management measures identified on the basis of exposure scenarios for their use. |
