REACH Services:
What T&E can do for you
The Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) is the European Community Regulation that will require an evaluation of thousands of substances for potential risks to human health and/or the environment. Under this regulation much more data will become publicly available about the hazards of chemical substances. These will be used by industry scientists and regulators to identify and evaluate the risks of using chemicals throughout their life-cycle, either leading to pre- arket approval (Authorization) or to phase-out (Restriction).
The new law, which came into force on June 1, 2007, will have a significant impact on the chemical industry as it shifts the burden of proof for demonstrating the safe use of chemicals from EU member states to businesses. Part of the registration will involve sharing information up and down the supply chain: manufacturers and importers must carry out a risk assessment of all intended uses of a chemical, and downstream users are required to notify the manufacturers/ importers of the application of their chemicals to ensure they are considered as an intended use. As a consequence of the legislation, only registered uses of a substance will be considered legal.
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