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 REACH - Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
 
Casco Adhesives supports the main objectives of REACH, a high level of protection for human health and the environment. They are consistent with our commitment to Product Stewardship - the responsible and ethic management of health, safety and environmental aspects of a product throughout its total life cycle. Casco Adhesives has been working towards the aims of REACH for several years, via the Responsible Care® program.
 

REACH - for the health and the environment

A key priority in the implementation of REACH is close cooperation and coordination with our customers and suppliers, to ensure that the required information is exchanged between all players in the supply chain.

 

We are well positioned and committed to supporting our customers in making this challenging task a success, and we will certainly continue to closely monitor the development of the REACH legislation.

 

 

What is REACH?
REACH (Registration Evaluation Authorization and Restriction of CHemicals) is the new European Chemicals regulation. It is a single system in which all substances manufactured in EU or imported into EU, starting at a limit of 1 ton/year, are to be registered. Producers and importers are responsible for demonstrating the safe use of chemicals in the intended applications, dependent on hazardous properties, uses, exposures and volumes. Use of the substances will be legal only in registered uses.

 

 

The REACH process

Pre-registration

Through pre-registration of so called “phase-in substances” (1 June 2008 - 1 December 2008) it was possible to obtain a longer transition period, which varies according to the quantity in which a substance is produced or imported as well to the classification and labeling (i.e. intrinsic hazard) of the substance. The three deadlines are:

  • 1 December 2010 for the high volume (>1000 tons/year) and high concern substances (as of 1 ton/year for CMR2 and as of 100 tons/year for PBT, vPvB3

  • 1 June 2013 for medium volume substances (between 100 and 1000 tons/year

  • 1 June 2018 for low volume substances (between 1 and 100 tons/year)

 

Substances that have not been pre-registered have to be registered before marketing or use from 1 June 2008 onwards.

 

 

 

 

Registration

Registration requires the gathering of data on physico-chemical, toxicological and ecotoxicological properties of substances, in addition to specifying individual identified uses and assessment of the associated risks and safety measures connected to these identified uses.

Manufacturers and importers are to submit this information to the European Chemicals Agency, ECHA, in Helsinki. The most essential parts of the registration dossier are:

  • a technical dossier for substances >1 ton/year

  • an additional Chemical Safety Report for substances >10 tons/year

Substances that are not registered under REACH will not be allowed to be manufactured, imported and / or used. This is the “No data - No market” principle implemented with REACH.

 

 

Evaluation

The dossiers will be evaluated by ECHA and by the competent authorities in the Member States, in order to ensure the compliance with the requirements of the regulation and decide upon the proposed test program of the substance.

 

 

Authorization

An authorization is necessary for substances that carry a high risk, and can only be given to a manufacturer/importer that can prove that he is able to sufficiently control the risks. However, the principle goal remains to gradually substitute the substances of very high concern with alternative substances or technologies.

 

 

Information flow

The primary tool for information transfer to downstream user will be the extended Safety Data Sheet (SDS) including an Exposure Scenario (ES) to ensure a safe use. In order for a use of a substance to be legal the use is required to be described in the extenced safety data sheet. It is necessary that all intended uses are covered.

 

 

Information flow - obligations

 

 

 

How we prepare for REACH

Casco Adhesives internal REACH implementation organization and processes are already in place. We have carried out a thorough review of our product portfolio and started a dialog primarily up the supply chain, since we mainly are a downstream user. We are also eventually obliged to start collecting information on uses/ applications from our customers.

 

The forming of consortia is the key to an efficient registration within REACH and our long experience as an active member of chemical industry associations means that we are prepared for the procedures and tasks that will be required. This is of great significance when the SIEFs (Substances Information Exchange Fora) are formed at the end of the pre-registration period.

 

 

How to contact us

If you have any questions or should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact our REACH coordinator on: reach.adhesives@akzonobel.com
 

 

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