What is REACH?
Registration All chemical substances manufactured or imported (placed on the market) in the European Union in volumes of more than one metric tonne must be registered. Registration involves the submission of specific test data and information to a European Chemicals Agency.
Evaluation Involves a process for checking that registrations comply with the Regulation and if there is a need to generate more information on the properties of the substances involved.
Authorisation Substances with significant potential to cause damage to human health or the environment are subject to Authorisation. Authorisation allows the continued use of a substance for specified applications - under strict conditions. Authorisation will be regularly reviewed of
Chemicals.
Article 5 of REACH states: ‘Substances on their own, in preparations, or in articles, shall not be manufactured in the European Community or placed on the market unless they have been registered under REACH.’ Placing on the market … means supplying substances or making them available - whether for payment or free of charge, to a third party. Importation is deemed as placing on the market.
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