REACh
On 01. 06. 2007 the European directive 1907/2006/EC for registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemical substances (REACh) has come into force and put a number of new obligations on the producers, importers and users of chemical substances in Europe.
Products based on chemical substances may only be produced within Europe, or imported into Europe, if the registration requirements according to REACh have been fullfilled. For formulators, distributors and downstream users no registration obligations arise.
In case of substances listed in the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances (EINECS), the requirement is to have a preregistration filed with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) before 01.12.2008.
Doing so, every preregistrant is awarded an individual preregistration number for every substance. This numbers are not systematic and meant for internal use only, to simplify communications between ECHA and registrant. REACh does not intend the preregistration numbers to be published. There is no tool to backtrace numbers or identify substances based on a given number e. g. to verify the preregistration status externally.
LANXESS Leather confirms, that we fully comply with all requirements regarding preregistration as outlined in the REACh directive.
All substances we are currently producing, importing or marketing in Europe, we have either preregistered or made sure with our suppliers, that a preregistration has been done according to the directive, enabling us to continue marketing.
Leather intermediates (wet blue), leather and leather goods are considered “articles” under the definition of REACh and therefore not subject to registration.
However, there are certain requirements for producers and importers of articles. For instance, chemical substances, which are classified Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) according to § 57 of the directive have to be communicated through the complete production chain down to the end-user if they are contained in an article in a concentration of 1000 ppm or higher.
LANXESS Leather confirms, that we fully comply with all requirements regarding SVHC as outlined in the REACh directive.
The current list of relevant substances can be obtained at:
http://echa.europa.eu/chem_data/candidate_list_table_en.asp
For more detailed information please refer to the following documents:
General information:
Information for customers of chrome products (chromic acid, sodium dichromate, CHROMOSAL B, etc.)
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