REACH: Best Practice Guide to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006

Dr. Dieter Drohmann; Matthew Townsend

doi:10.5771/9783845259147

Summary

The Council Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) has been described as the “most complex piece of legislation in EU history”. Entering into force on 1 June 2007, the Regulation constitutes the basic law for any business involved in chemical substances in the European Union. It is meant to improve the protection of human health and the environment, as well as the enhancement of innovation and competitiveness of the chemical industry in the EU. For this end the intrinsic properties of chemical substances shall be identified sooner and more accurate. By the REACH-Regulation importers and manufacturers are required to gather information on the properties of their chemical substances and to register the information in a central database operated by the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) based in Helsinki.

This handbook covers all the relevant issues from initial registration of chemical substances to the final enforcement of the obligations under the Regulation.

The content is structured as follows:

Politics of REACH

Scope of REACH

Registration of Substances

Status of non-Community Manufacturers and the Only Representatives

Joint Submission

Data Sharing in the Substance Information Exchange Forum (SIEF)

Formation and Operation of Consortia

Substances in Articles

Information Requirements in the Supply Chain

Downstream Users

Classification and Labelling Inventory

Evaluation

Authorisation and Restriction

Legal Actions and Appeals

Enforcement

REACH – A Business Strategy for Enterprises

With contributions by Laurel Berzanskis, Arno P. Biwer, Maurizio Butti, Olivier de Matos, Raminta Dereskevicitute, Dieter Drohmann, Vanessa Edwards, Ulrich Ellinghaus, Bettina Enderle, Ralf-Udo Förster, Anna Gergely, Fee Goossens, Paul Heylen, Lawrie McLaren, Eléonore Mullier, Volker J. Soballa, Gauthier van Thuyne

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2013
Copyright Year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-7270-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-5914-7
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Kooperationswerke Beck - Hart – Nomos
Language: English
Pages: 581
Product Type: Comment

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 31
. REACH AND POLITICS – A REVIEW OF EARLY EXPERIENCE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU’S REGULATORY REGIME ON CHEMICALS No access Pages 32 - 43
. SCOPE OF REACH No access Pages 44 - 83
. REGISTRATION OF SUBSTANCES No access Pages 84 - 137
. STATUS OF NON-COMMUNITY MANUFACTURERS AND THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE No access Pages 138 - 185
. JOINT SUBMISSION No access Pages 186 - 203
. DATA SHARING IN THE SIEF No access Pages 204 - 227
. FORMATION AND OPERATION OF CONSORTIA No access Pages 228 - 273
. SUBSTANCES IN ARTICLES No access Pages 274 - 327
. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN No access Pages 328 - 393
. DOWNSTREAM USERS No access Pages 394 - 409
. CLASSIFICATION AND LABELLING INVENTORY No access Pages 410 - 441
. EVALUATION No access Pages 442 - 473
. AUTHORISATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS No access Pages 474 - 501
. LEGAL ACTIONS AND APPEALS No access Pages 502 - 525
. ENFORCEMENT No access Pages 526 - 547
. A BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR ENTERPRISES – A PRACTITIONER’S VIEWPOINT – No access Pages 548 - 571
Index No access Pages 572 - 581