REACh: UEIL Approach

Last updated: June 2008

 

REACH regulation enters into force

On 1 June, officials from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) assumed full responsibilities for managing the Reach chemical policy. The initial job of ECHA will be to take up a six-month pre-registration exercise in which firms are expected to send a list with the basic substances, company details and expected registration dates to the agency.

These information will be used for the registration phase that will last until 2018.  ECHA greatly encourages firms to pre-register “sensitive” substances that might be dangerous. The agency is considering publishing a check-list in October 2008 of chemicals that have been pre-registered so that users can verify that suppliers pre-registered the substances.

In parallel, Member States on 7 June submitted a list of substances that will require authorisation. In addition, Member States are also considering putting in place sanctions for the non-respect of REACH. Criminal sanctions are also foreseen for the most serious cases of REACH violation.

 

 

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