REACH is the European Union regulation governing the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemical substances, adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on December 18, 2006 and in force from June 1, 2007. It shifts the responsibility for demonstrating that a chemical is safe from public authorities onto industry: manufacturers and importers placing a substance on the EU market at one tonne per year or more must register it in a central database, held and verified by the European Chemicals Agency, established by the same Regulation to administer it, and must identify and manage the risks the substance poses across its supply chain. The Regulation also drives substitution of the most hazardous substances with safer alternatives where they exist, and promotes non-animal alternatives to chemical safety testing.
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EraEuropean Union, adopted December 18, 2006, entered into force June 1, 2007 1 Promulgated ByThe European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, which the same Regulation used to establish the European Chemicals Agency to administer it 1 Jurisdiction ScopeThe European Union and European Economic Area; applies to manufacturers and importers of chemical substances at or above one tonne per year 1 Regulatory DomainChemical substance registration, safety evaluation, authorisation and restriction 1 Jurisdiction Scope
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The Court of Justice of the European Union is the final interpreter of the REACH Regulation as EU law.
REACH and the RoHS Directive are companion EU regimes restricting hazardous chemical substances, RoHS applying REACH-scope restrictions specifically to electrical and electronic equipment.
TSCA is the widely cited US counterpart to the EU REACH chemical regulation regime
The WEEE Directive governs end-of-life treatment of electronic equipment whose hazardous-substance content is regulated under REACH, the two regimes forming a linked EU electronics/chemicals framework alongside RoHS.
In Legal System
Source REACH, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (EUR-Lex)
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1. REACH, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (EUR-Lex)
Publications Office of the European UnionEUR-Lex, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, legislative summary
shifts the responsibility for ensuring that chemicals produced, imported, sold and used in the European Union are safe from public authorities to the industry
- In Legal System: Civil Law
View the Source Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (Wikipedia)
In Group: European and International Chemical and Environmental Rules, Introduction, sentence 2Quote, In Group: European and International Chemical and Environmental Rules, Introduction, sentence 2
REACH addresses the production and use of chemical substances, and their potential impacts on both human health and the environment.
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