REACH

REACH – Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation of Chemicals

REACH stands for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation of Chemicals.The REACH Regulation regulates the manufacturing, placing on the market and handling of industrial chemicals. This new Chemical legislation entered into force on 1 June 2007 and applies throughout Europe; the Regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) repealed the previous notification procedure for new substances under the Chemicals Act and the existing substances procedure under the EU Existing Substances Regulation. The focal points of the Regulation are a general obligation to register for all substances manufactured in the EU or imported into the EU with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the evaluation of these substances through the EU Member States and the further regulation of certain dangerous substances. These are either restricted to certain applications or subjected to a new European authorisation procedure.

The CLP-Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures entered into force on 20th January 2009. It is also called GHS-Regulation, named from the implementation of the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals of the United Nations into EU-legislation. The regulation aims on a high level of protection for human health and the environment as well as on the free movement of chemical substances, mixtures and certain specific articles within the EU internal market.

The Biocidal Product Regulation (BPR, Regulation (EU) 528/2012) concerns the placing on the market and use of biocidal products. It is applied since 1st September 2013. It regulates the placing on the market of biocidal products and its active substances and replaces the Biocidal Products Directive 98/8/EC.

On 1st September 2013 a joint website of the national helpdesk went online for the three regulations REACH, CLP and BPR. The REACH-CLP-Biozid Helpdesk of the German Federal Authorities publishes information online under the link www.reach-clp-biozid-helpdesk.de.

For further information, please under:

Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
http://echa.europa.eu/de

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