REACH

Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals, a new EU chemicals (substances) legislation entered into force 1st June 2007.

This piece of legislation has implications for all substances that are manufactured in, or imported into the EU, in quantities of 1 tonne or more per year, and requires the mandatory compilation of a comprehensive substance information dossier for every such substance.

The dates of submission of the dossiers are dependent on the tonnage and hazard properties of the substance and range between November 2010 and May 2018. To take advantage of these extended deadlines the manufacturer/importer must pre-register the substance with the European Chemicals Agency as required by the regulation.
 

Pre-Registration

We are committed to work closely with our suppliers to achieve the pre-registration of all substances, by our suppliers or ourselves, that are used throughout our processes to maintain continued production.

Registration

The legislation requires that registration is carried out by the manufacturer/importer of a substance who is based in the EU. Our substance inventory shows that for most of our substances we are downstream users and as such we will advise our suppliers of our uses and other uses throughout the supply chain. For substances where we are the importer we will work closely with our customers to ensure that all relevant information is available for successful registration.

Compliance

To achieve our goals in successfully meeting all the requirements of REACH we are working closely with our Trade Associations and involved in a number of different consortia, each one dedicated to a particular substance.