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REACH
Priority Tasks for Industry

14 April 2008
REACH, Final Countdown to Pre-registration and Registration
Brussels
Grant Lawrence
Director, DG Environment, European Commission

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Contents
 The reasons for REACH
 Upcoming priority tasks under REACH:
Pre-registration and registration
SIEF formation
Registration deadlines
Preparation

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Reasons for REACH
 Chemicals industry in EU: 30,000 companies
 1.9 million employees Up to 1981: 100,106 “existing” chemicals on EUinventory Since 1981 another 4,000 “new” chemicals
 Incomplete or no safety information for 99% of thevolume of chemicals we use Existing legislation hampered innovation

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REACH our Goals
Goals:¾ Protect health and safety¾ Protect environment¾ Maintaining a competitive/innovative chemicals industry
To reach these goals¾ Industry priority task: information and communication¾ Industry responsibility: ensure chemicals are safeEuropean Commission - DG Environment(Pre-)registration : Why?
« No data no market » art. 5
Registration¾ Make industry responsible toy have adequate information to transmit to ECHAy systematically assess hazards of substances
y control risks of dangerous substances
y risk management measures¾ Priority for high volume and most dangerous
substances

Pre-Registration¾ Bring companies together toy exchange information
y avoid unnecessary testing¾ Phase-in deadlines

European Commission - DG Environment(Pre-)registration - Who?
Manufacturers of substances andproducers of articles with intended
release of substancesImporters

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Pre-registration : How?
Send a simple set of information to ECHA via
REACH-IT¾ Substance name
¾ Company and contact information¾ Deadline for registration and tonnage band“Bulk-pre-registration” possible
For companies with a large set of substances

Pre-registration is free of charge

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Pre-registration and registration :When?
Pre-registration of phase-in substances: from1 June to 1 December 2008
Registration of new substances: from 1 June2008

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From pre-registration
to “pre-SIEF”
 SIEF: Substance Information Exchange Forum After pre-registration, a substance website will beformed for each EINECS/CAS number
 All potential registrants can see:
¾ Each others’ contact details¾ Contact details and information from data holders¾ Identified read-across possibilities¾ Free fields for short announcements

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From pre-registration
to “pre-SIEF”
Potential registrants within pre-SIEF to check
whether their substances are the same
Agreement on the sameness: SIEF is “born”(Article 29)European Commission - DG Environment

When to (pre-)register?
Timeline REACH phase-in period (not in scale)Note that phase-in registration requires
pre-registration!
Pre-registration
1 June 2008
Entry
into force – 1 Dec. 2008
1 June 2007

Agencypublishes
List
1.1. 2009≥1000 t/a
CMR ≥1 t/a
R50/53 ≥100 t/a30 Nov.
2010

Registration of‘new’ substances≥ 1t/a31 May2018

SIEF
C&L notification(independent of tonnage)

100 - 1000t/a
31 May2013

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Prepare for REACH: identify your role
¾ Identify your role (manufacturer, importer, downstream user)¾ Make inventory of substances and their uses
¾ Check whether or not your substances are exempted¾ Study guidance documents¾ Plan aheady Timely data generation and assessment¾ Communicate in the supply chain:y Develop partnershipsy Discuss how to meet their needs and yoursy Develop exposure scenarios

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Where to turn for help:
1. Check the legislation (available in all EU languages)(http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:396:SOM:EN:HTML)2. Check the Guidance website (http://echa.europa.eu )3. Check the Frequently Asked Questions on the ECHA
website (http://echa.europa.eu )4. Talk to your colleagues, business associations, industry
helpdesks
5. Contact your national helpdesk (addresses can be foundon http://echa.europa.eu )European Commission - DG Environment

Conclusion
Prepare for (pre-)registration
Pre-register before 1 December 2008
Register new substance from 1 June 2008
Benefit from extended deadlines forregistration after 1 December 2008
Talk to industry partners
Participate in SIEF