REACH
The European Regulation on Chemicals Management, REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) aims to provide better information throughout the whole supply chain about the effects of substances, and thereby improve protection to human health and the environment from chemical-related risks.
In practice this means that all substances that are manufactured or imported into the EU in quantities greater than 1 metric ton per annum will need to be registered.
Höganäs in Sweden has registered substances iron and copper, i.e. substances above 1,000 tons per year. Following the REACH regulations, substances with lower annual tonnages have been pre-registered for all the Höganäs Europe operations. They will be registered either by May, 2013 or by May 2018, depending on annual tonnage.
The REACH program has not resulted in any changes of the preparations or substances customers purchase from the Höganäs Group.
If you have any questions that are not answered in the links below, please contact: reach@hoganas.com.
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Reach in brief
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| Manufacturers and importers must register all substances manufactured in or imported into the EU in quantities of one metric ton per year or more per legal entity. |
| Registration mainly involves presenting a hazard data set and risk assessment of downstream uses for each substance. |
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Following pre-registration, registration is phased-in over the following periods:
>1,000 tpa: Fulfilled
>100 <1,000 tpa: to June 2013
>1<100 tpa: to June 2018
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| The regulation applies to substances either on their own or in preparations such as in an alloy. |
| European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), based in Helsinki, will manage all the technical, scientific and administrative aspects of the registration system. www.echa.eu |