REACH is a European Union regulation concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals. It came into force on 1st June 2007 and replaces a number of European Directives and Regulations with a single system.
REACH applies to substances manufactured or imported into the EU in quantities of 1 tonne per year or more. Generally, it applies to all individual chemical substances on their own, in preparations or in articles (if the substance is intended to be released during normal and reasonably foreseeable conditions of use from an article).
One of the main reason of EU promote REACH Regulation which is gathering most chemical legislation under an umbrella, is to protect environment and human health from the risks and hazards coming from chemicals. For this aim, procedures like registration has established to find more information on chemicals; and like notification/authorisations and restrictions to minimize or avoid the exposure of the hazardous substances to human and environment.
REACH Regulation brings different provisions for the substances have serious and often irreversible effects on humans and environment (Substances of Very High Concern-SVHC). The manufacturing, trading or using these substances which are carsinogenic, mutagenic, toxic, persistent and/or bioaccumulative can be controlled or limited or may subject to authorisation.
Substances that are included in the Candidate List by ECHA have been identified as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). The inclusion of a substance in the List may have legal obligations on companies and those substances may subject to Authorisations by decision of the European Commission if they include to the Annex XIV of REACH.
On ECHA’s web page it says: “Companies that are not established in the EU have no obligations under REACH and cannot pre-register and register. However, a non-EU manufacturer of substances, preparations or articles whose products are imported into the EU can appoint an Only Representative. The Only Representative will then carry out the REACH obligations including pre-registration linked to the imported substances.”
The company Pulver Kimya International GmbH has been appointed as “Only Representative” to provide information to customers and distributors about the EU REACH regulation issues by Elastron Kimya. The ‘Only Representative’ notification has been shared with our EU customers. Pulver Kimya International GmbH will take place in supply chain and provide connection between our European customers and ECHA (European Chemicals Agency). Please click only-representative-letter.pdf for related letter (Only Representative Pulver Kimya International GmbH). Pre-registration of our substances to ECHA has been fulfilled.
ELASTRON KİMYA A.Ş. will inform customers and distributors about SVHC by their requests.
It is the acronym for the new European Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of chemical substances and mixtures.
CLP Regulation (came into force on 20 January 2009) aims to apply United Nation’s (UN’s) Globally Harmonized System (GHS) criteria.
According to the CLP Regulation, every manufacturer/importer is required to notify required substances (REACH – registrable or substance with hazardous) to the European Chemical Agency.
Elastron International GmbH has initiated a group to make notifications about the materials mentioned in REACH. Notification of all substances supplied by Elastron Kimya A.Ş. to EU importers was completed successfully before the deadline, 3rd of January 2011.
Please click notification-to-the-european-classification-and-labelling-inventory for related letter (Notification to the European Classification and Labelling Inventory).
