All REACHReady Guide articles – Page 2
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REACHReady Guide
Passing on the regulatory role for REACH and CLP in an organisation
This document offers some advice on how to ensure a smooth handover.
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REACHReady GuideGuidance in metals and inorganic substances
Most of the guidance on testing and evaluation for REACH, and indeed the test methods themselves, is aimed at organic chemicals. If registering metals and other inorganic substances, testing and evaluation will be ‘different’; in many cases, endpoints will not be possible to assess. Even substance identity is not without issue – crystal form, impurities, mixtures, for example, must be considered.
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REACHReady GuideImpact of REACH and recycling and substances recovered from waste
REACH, the European Union regulation for the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals, entered into force on 1 June 2007, and has had a major impact on manufacturing supply chains, the recycling and recovery industry being no exception. Recovery businesses are considered to be manufacturers under REACH, and may have ...
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REACHReady Guide
Notifying Candidate list SVHCs in articles
Since 1 June 2011 a new REACH obligation has applied affecting many suppliers of articles such as finished goods, spare parts and components. Importers and producers of articles containing Candidate List substances present above 0.1% by weight (w/w) may need to submit a notification dossier to the European Chemicals Agency, ECHA.
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REACHReady Guide
The REACHReady template letter pack
Many of our subscribers have asked us to draft letters they can send to their contacts addressing the key questions about responsibilities under REACH and CLP. You will find a suitable form of words you can use and we have worked hard to make sure that it will fit ...
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REACHReady GuideREACH and suppliers of articles
Although REACH is an EU chemicals’ management regulation it also affects companies who make, and indeed, supply articles. A small number of articles’ producers and importers may have been affected by pre-registration and registration duties where substances were intended to be released during use; reaching much further are the aspects of REACH which regulate chemicals of concern in products.
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REACHReady GuideArticles and containers of chemicals
This short guide has been prepared for those who are manufacturing or importing finished goods, which may be classed as “articles” or containers of chemicals under REACH, and need to know the obligations under REACH.
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REACHReady GuideAuthorisation and imported articles: dispelling the myths
With the Authorisation process gaining momentum, many importers of articles and their non-EU suppliers have been asking REACHReady what it means for their business. Common themes have been emerging, so we have prepared this document to help clear up any confusion.
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REACHReady GuideCommunication of Uses
One key aspect of REACH is to improve communication in the supply chain. An increased amount of available information will ensure Downstream Users (DUs) of substances and mixtures have some assurance that how they use those chemicals is appropriate. It will also ensure that suppliers of chemicals do not propose ...
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REACHReady GuideDownstream Users
Many Downstream Users (DUs) are concerned about continuity of supply to ensure the stability of their businesses. Our helpdesk receives enquiries from such companies wanting to know what they should be doing to ensure compliance with REACH and in order to protect their business. We have prepared this short guide ...
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REACHReady GuideStep-by-step guide to online C&L notification
We hope that this guidance will help our subscribers to notify their substances directly in REACH-IT. If you don’t need to claim confidentiality on the IUPAC name of your substance, the REACH-IT wizard is perhaps the quickest and easiest method to notify within one month of first placing the substance ...
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REACHReady GuideDealing with CLP notification
Notification is a new requirement that was introduced by CLP (Articles 39 and 40). The basic obligation applies to EU/EEA legal entities who manufacture and supply, or import, substances (including in some mixtures) after 1 December 2010. They have to notify core information which identifies the substance and its hazard ...
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REACHReady GuideLabelling of substances and mixtures
Classification is all about evaluating and identifying the hazards of a chemical. But users need basic information about the chemical and its supplier and practical handling advice on the packaging. To provide a consistent approach, CLP sets down basic rules on how this information must be communicated; and examples of ...
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REACHReady GuideClassification of mixtures
Since 1 June 2015, substances and mixtures alike must be classified and, where required, labelled in accordance with CLP before they are placed on the market. There was a two-year derogation for mixtures already labelled under the Dangerous Preparations Directive (DPD) and placed on the market by that date, which ...
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REACHReady GuideClassification of substances
Classification: what’s it all about? Classification and labelling of substances has been part of EU law for more years than most of us have worked, and it has gone through many step changes. We are used to the hazard warning labels found on household bleach and some other household chemicals, ...
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REACHReady GuideGetting started: CLP resources
It’s tempting to find a copy of the Regulation and to plunge in. Our advice is STOP! Only do this if you are competent at classification under the previous system (DSD/DPD), you understand the background to CLP, and are comfortable working with legal texts. If so, then the full text ...
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REACHReady GuideA brief guide to CLP
From 1 December 2010, the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation progressively replaced the Dangerous Substances and Dangerous Preparations Directives (DSD, DPD) which were repealed from 1 June 2015. CLP introduced significant changes to hazard classification and communication: revised classification criteria; Hazard and Precautionary Statements rather than Risk and Safety ...
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REACHReady GuideReed diffusers and other fragranced home accessories
The fundamental aim of REACH is to improve protection of human health and the environment. The Regulation applies to all stages of the EU supply chain, from substance manufacture, chemical use, the production and supply of articles, and import from non-EU suppliers. As such, the REACH regulation affects every stage ...
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