Basic overview of REACH certification

"Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals; Chemical Registration, Evaluation, License and Restriction". This is the EU's regulation on preventive management of all chemicals entering its market, which was formally implemented on June 1, 2007.

Basic overview

REACH is Regulation (EC) NO 1907/2006 of the European parliament and of the council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restricti

on of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/ EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC.

REACH is the abbreviation of EU regulation "Registration concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals" (REGULATION concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals). It was established by the European Union and implemented on June 1, 2007. Regulatory system. This is a regulatory proposal involving the safety of chemical production, trade, and use. The regulations are designed to protect human health and environmental safety, maintain and improve the competitiveness of the EU chemical industry, and develop innovative capabilities for non-toxic and harmless compounds to prevent market fragmentation , Increase transparency in the use of chemicals, promote non-animal experiments, and pursue sustainable social development. The REACH Directive requires that all chemicals imported and produced in Europe must go through a comprehensive set of procedures such as registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction, in order to better and more simply identify the chemical components to achieve the purpose of ensuring environmental and human safety. The directive mainly includes several major items such as registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction. Any product must have a registration file that lists the chemical ingredients, and explain how the manufacturer uses these chemical ingredients and the toxicity assessment report. All information will be entered into a database under construction. The database is managed by a new EU agency, the European Chemical Agency, located in Helsinki, Finland. The agency will evaluate each file, and if chemicals are found to have an impact on human health or the environment, they may take more stringent measures. Based on the evaluation of several factors, chemicals may be banned or require approval before they can be used.　According to the introduction, unlike the RoHS directive, REACH covers a much wider range. In fact, it will affect products and manufacturing processes in almost all industries, from mining to textiles and garments, light industry, electromechanical and so on. REACH requires manufacturers to register each chemical component in a product, there are about 30,000 in total-and to measure its potential hazards to public health. REACH has established the concept that society should not introduce new materials, products or technologies if their potential hazards are unknown.　Electromechanical products have always been one of the most important foreign trade in Ningbo area. As a downstream user of the chemical industry, no electromechanical company that trades with Europe can be exempt from the restrictions of the REACH system.