REACH
Do you import or manufacture substances?
Have you got the necessary expertise and resources to be able to undertake the required assessments?
REACH is complex and time consuming but we can help steer you through the process, obtaining the necessary information and creating an appropriate portfolio.
Specifically, we can:
- > Help you to decide which substances and preparations need to be considered
- > Obtain the necessary toxicological and physio-chemical data
- > Assess the potential uses of the substance
- > Prepare Chemical Safety Assessment Reports
The Regulation for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) was introduced on 1st June 2007. The purpose of the Regulation is to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment. This includes the promotion of alternative methods for assessment of hazards of substances, as well as the free circulation of substances on the internal market while enhancing competitiveness and innovation. The Regulation is based on the principle that it is for manufacturers, importers and downstream users to ensure that they manufacture, place on the market or use such substances that do not adversely affect human health or the environment.
REACH requires manufacturers and importers of chemical substances greater than or equal to 1 tonne/year to obtain information on the physicochemical, health and environmental properties of the substances and use it to determine how these substances can be used safely. Each manufacturer and importer must submit a registration dossier documenting the data and assessments to the Agency. Downstream users need to assure themselves that substances are registered for their particular use.
Manufacturers and importers must pre-register substances that are already on the EU market (phase-in substances), if they want to benefit from transitional arrangements that allow registering them at a later stage. Pre-registration also enables registrants to share data with other registrants and avoid carrying out unnecessary tests. The pre-registration period is limited from 1st June 2008 to 1st December 2008.
For many companies REACH registration will be the most costly and time-consuming part of compliance. HFL Risk Services has developed methodologies that can assist companies to comply with the requirements in a cost-effective and efficient manner through:
- > Determining status and registration requirements
- > Developing a register of substances
- > Determining manufacturing and downstream use data
- > Researching the physicochemical, health and environmental properties
- > Identifying other registrants and coordinating the data sharing process
- > Developing the registration dossiers; technical dossiers, Chemical Safety Reports
and risk assessments
- > Advising on and managing the implementation of risk reduction measures