(EC) Regulation No. 1907/2006 on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

This legal regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals published in the European Union countries (EC) numbered 1907/2006 aims to ensure the highest level of protection of human health and the environment. This legislation includes exemptions for medical, veterinary, nutritional and cosmetic products, polymers and some in situ isolated intermediates. The legal regulation in question is known as the REACH regulation in short.

According to the REACH regulation, substances that are used alone, in mixtures or articles and used in quantities of one tonne or more per year, or intended to be placed on the market under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use, cannot be produced in EU countries or made available to consumers unless they are registered in accordance with the relevant principles where necessary. cannot be offered.

Unless otherwise stated, any manufacturer or importer of a substance must register it with the European Chemicals Agency. For substances subject to registration in quantities of 10 tonnes or more per year, a chemical safety assessment will be conducted and a chemical safety report will be prepared. The chemical safety assessment of a substance includes these steps:

• Human health hazard assessment
• Physicochemical hazard assessment
• Environmental hazard assessment
• Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic or very persistent and very bioaccumulative.

If a substance meets the criteria for classification as hazardous or is bioaccumulative and toxic or If it is considered very persistent and very bioaccumulative, the chemical safety assessment includes additional steps.

The supplier of a substance or mixture must provide the buyer of the substance or mixture with a safety data sheet under REACH application. This form is required for:

• Substances classified as dangerous
• Bioaccumulative and toxic or very persistent and very bioaccumulative substances
• Substances on the candidate list compiled by the agency

If requested, the supplier must provide the buyer with a safety data sheet containing substances in certain concentrations that do not meet the criteria for classification as dangerous:

• pose a danger to human health or the environment
• Bioaccumulative and toxic or very persistent and very bioaccumulative substances
• in the list of candidates compiled by the institution.
• with EU workplace exposure limits.

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