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Welcome to
REACH Impact!
The EU System on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restrictions of Chemicals (REACH) is in force.
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This legislation substantially rewrites the current EU chemicals policy and introduces new legal obligations for the industry.
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Not only chemical producers but also downstream users of chemicals and producers of finished products are heavily impacted. Companies importing products to the EU market will have to comply with the same strict requirements as the EU companies.
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Registration or authorisation is a precondition to access the EU market.
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Ability to provide REACH compliant products will be decisive for choosing a supplier.
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Are you ready to comply with REACH?
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You may gain a competitive advantage if you start preparing for compliance now!
The Full Story of REACH
REACH stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
Registration
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What is this about?
Manufacturers and importers of chemicals are required to submit information on the substance(s) produced or imported to the EU market in quantities above 1 t/year (“no data, no market principle). This applies to substances on their own, substances in mixtures and certain cases of substances in articles.
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What will change?
For polymers, the registration obligation currently only applies to monomers monomer substance, or any other substance chemically bound to the polymer. However, the Commission envisages to extend this requirement to certain polymers, which will lead to extensive additional data gathering for industry.
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How can EPPA help?
Find out more on how EPPA can help you navigate the evolving registration obligations and support you in compiling an exhaustive registration dossier.
Evaluation
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What is this about?
Evaluation process allows the Member States regulatory authorities and ECHA to assess whether information provided by industry meets the legal requirements.
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Evaluation covers two areas:
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Dossier evaluation, where ECHA checks that registration dossiers contain the information on chemicals required by the legislation.
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Substance evaluation, where Member states evaluate substances listed in the Community rolling action plan after specific concerns have been identified.
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Following the assessment, registrants may be required to submit or generate additional information on the substance.
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Based on the information provided by the registrants, the authorities may decide that the use of a given substance should be classified with new hazards, or phased out or restricted.
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What will change?
The ongoing One Substance One Assessment Package will aim to streamline at the EU level the timelines, processes, and methodologies for the assessment of chemicals. The upcoming REACH revision will further change certain requirements like limiting the waivers, revoking registration numbers, and simplifying the procedure for substance evaluation.​
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How can EPPA help?
Find out more on how we can assist you in meeting your obligations stemming from substance or dossier evaluation decisions by the regulators.
Restriction:
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What is this about?
EU Member States or the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), on behalf of the Commission, can start a process to restrict the manufacturing, placing on the market or use of a chemical substance. Restrictions can be put forward if a substance on its own, in a mixture or in an article, if its use poses an unacceptable risk to human health or the environment.​
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What will change?
Under the REACH revision the ongoing trend of proposing broad restrictions of entire groups of substances (e.g., microplastics and PFAS) will continue. Additionally, the new approach will enshrine the “Essential Use Concept” in regulating substances of high concern, which will grant a time-limited and conditional derogation if there is no suitable alternative available and the use is essential for the functioning of society.
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How can EPPA help?
To be granted a derogation in the future will require the proactive engagement from industry. EPPA can help support you with a strong dossier building, including by preparing compelling socio-economic evidence and a thorough analysis of alternatives. Find out more about our 360-degree service on REACH restrictions.
Authorisation:
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What is this about?
Authorisation aims to progressively replace substances of very high concern (SVHCs) with suitable alternatives, where this is technically and economically feasible. Once a substance is identified as an SVHC, ECHA makes a recommendation to the European Commission on which substances should be included in the Candidate List for Authorisation. Based in this recommendation, the Commission then decides if a substance should be subject to Authorisation by including it to Annex XIV. From this moment on producers, importers and downstream user need to apply for an authorisation for a specific use of the substance.
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What will change?
The current authorisation system is heavily overloaded with individual applications. The REACH revision will aim to reform the instrument, for instance by envisaging other regulatory activities, once a substance has been identified as an SVHC.
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How can EPPA help?
Once a substance of very high concern is included in the Candidate List for authorisation, there are immediate obligations for economic operators. EPPA can support you to fulfil these as well as to build a comprehensive authorisation dossier for a substances included in Annex XIV.
Find out more on how we can help.
