REACH

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Tracking one of the most important regulations to come out of the EU.  REACH will impact on the entire supply chain so check here regularly for updates and guidance.

Recent articles

  ECHA FLAGS UP REACH REGISTRATIONS
The ECHA has launched its ‘REACH - Act Now!' campaign to remind organisations to prepare for the second REACH registration deadline in 2013.

November 2011 Volume 34 Number 11
  LATEST ON REACH
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published proposals to identify 20 more chemicals as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs).

October 2011 Volume 34 Number 10
  ECHA GUIDE TO SUBSTANCES IN ARTICLES
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has updated its ‘Guidance in a Nutshell' on requirements for substances in articles under the REACH Regulation.

September 2011 Volume 34 Number 9
  LATEST ON REACH
EU identifies new SVHCs
ECHA sets ‘high risk' substance evaluation criteria


July 2011. Volume 34. Number 7
  ECHA UPDATES GUIDANCE ON SUBSTANCES IN ARTICLES
European chemical safety body ECHA has updated its ‘Guidance on Requirements for Substances in Articles'.


May 2011. Volume 34. Number 5
  LATEST ON REACH
European Commission puts first substances on authorisation list
Further proposals for SVHCs


April 2011. Volume 34. Number 4
  LATEST ON REACH
More substances in line for REACH authorisation


February 2011. Volume 34. Number 2
  IMPACT OF REACH REGISTRATION ON DOWNSTREAM
‘Monitor’ readers will know that the first REACH registration deadline passed on 30 November, covering a range of high tonnage or high-hazard substances.

December 2010. Volume 33. Number 12
  FIRST REACH REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS IMMINENT
The ‘registration’ of substances is a lynchpin of the REACH regime, and December ushers in the first big registration deadline.


November 2010. Volume 33. Number 11
  LATEST ON REACH AUTHORISATION
KEY ISSUES

List of 'Substances of concern' set for authorisation is growing steadily

Authorisation considers substances and their various uses
 
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