Introduction to REACH certification
REACH is the EU regulation "Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals". This is a regulatory proposal concerning the safety of chemical production, trade, and use. The regulation aims to protect human health and environmental safety, and maintain and improve the competitiveness of the EU chemical industry. , And the innovative ability to develop non-toxic and harmless compounds, 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 composition of chemicals to achieve the purpose of ensuring environmental and human safety.
REACH is different from the RoHS directive. It 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, and electromechanical industries. REACH requires manufacturers to register each chemical component in a product 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.
According to the EU REACH regulations, substances that have one or more of the following hazardous properties and cause high concern are SVHC (Substances of Very High Concern):
(1) Category 1, Category 2 carcinogenic, teratogenic, and reproductive toxicity substances, namely CMR1/2 substances;
(2) Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances, namely PBT substances;
(3) Substances with high persistence and high bioaccumulation, namely vPvB substances;
(4) It has endocrine disrupting properties, or has persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity, or has high persistence, high bioaccumulation but does not meet the criteria of 2 and 3, and there is scientific evidence to prove that it is caused to humans or the environment. Seriously affected substances.
As the EU member states have increasingly strengthened the supervision of REACH regulations, companies are keenly aware of the importance and urgency of REACH regulations. Among them, the transmission of information in the supply chain of substances of very high concern (SVHC) is a legal obligation that must be fulfilled in the circulation of goods in the EU market. With the continuous increase of SVHC, the pressure on article manufacturers and importers will increase. How to comply with REACH regulations and improve the competitiveness of their products is something that companies need to think carefully about.