REACH
REACH – EU regulatory changes impacting the chemical industry
REACH is the new European Union (EU) Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH)*. Its main objective is to protect human health and the environment.
The registration process requires manufacturers and importers to generate specific test data and information for all chemicals produced or imported into the EU in quantities larger than one ton per year. Registrants must also identify appropriate risk management measures and communicate them to users.
Under REACH distributors have an obligation to communicate information up and down the supply chain to customers, suppliers and principals.
Pearl Chemicals – implementing REACH
Pearl Chemicals is well prepared for the implementation of REACH. For the past 18 months we have been working hard with all parties up and down the supply chain to ensure that the products we supply will meet the requirements of the legislation.
Pearl Chemicals has successfully pre-registered all substances that are subject to REACH as required by European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) as of Dec 2008. Our pre-registration requirement related to all substances marketed and sold by us that our suppliers and Principals were not fully committed to registering either directly themselves or through other appointed 3rd parties.
We are continuing to work with the Chemical Business Association (CBA), our third-party representatives and consultants to ensure full compliance with the REACH legislation and its timecales.
*The REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 and Directive 2006/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC were published in the Official Journal on 30 December 2006.
