Citation
(2008), "Appendix", Circuit World, Vol. 34 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/cw.2008.21734aab.007
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2008, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Appendix
Appendix
Timetable REACH
June 1, 2007: REACH comes into force.June 1, 2008: start of pre-registration.December 1, 2008: end of pre-registration.January 1, 2009: publication of the data on the Internet by the Chemicals Agency.
Useful links (selection)
www.REACH-net.com (incl. legal texts)
www.REACH-helpdesk.dewww.REACH-info.dewww.REACH-helpdesk.infowww.REACHcentrum.orgwww.bdi-online.de/de/fachabteilungen/7240.htmwww.REACH.baden-wuerttemberg.de/servlet/is/23637/http://ec.europa.eu/echa/home_en.html
Background to REACH
REACH refers to a new EU chemicals regulation, which has the objective of centralising and simplifying the law currently governing chemicals throughout Europe. REACH will see the end of the distinction made between what are known as old substances (on the market prior to 1981) and new substances (first launched on the market after 1981). Even today, new substances must be checked and assessed for any risks to human health or the environment before they are allowed to be launched on the market. Unlike this list of around 4,000 substances, whose risk potential is made known in this way, we often only know very little about the 100,000 old substances. This situation is to be changed by REACH. The REACH system is based on the basic principle of individual responsibility. According to the motto: “No data, no market” under REACH, only those chemical substances are allowed to be put into circulation for which sufficient data are available on the properties of the substances they contain. This means that, the manufacturer or importer himself is responsible for the safe handling of his chemical substance(s). He is obliged to gather the data necessary for the evaluation and to forward this on along the value creation and supply chain. REACH will record all chemical substances that are manufactured in or imported into the EU in the volume of at least 1ton per year. In future, they must be registered with the newly founded European Chemicals Agency in Helsinki. As a rule, substances are only allowed to be put into circulation following their (pre-)registration. (Source: REACH Helpdesk)