Issue 11: April 2009
Review
Inside this issue:
REACHing new
business
opportunities with
late pre-registration 2
SIEF formation and
the SIEF Formation
Facilitator 3
REACH enforcement:
What a difference three years make
the UK approach 4
Forthcoming events 6
When REACHReady was launched three years ago, it was widely predicted
that of the 100,000 different substances on the EU’s list of “existing” chemical
substances (EINECS), 30,000 or so would be manufactured or imported in
quantities above 1 tonne into the EU, and that EU companies would submit
about 180,000 pre-registrations.
Following the closure of the pre-registration period we now know that these
figures were massive underestimates. Some 143,000 substances are
reportedly manufactured or imported in the EU above 1 tonne per year and
2.7 million pre-registrations were submitted. If all these were to proceed
to registration, then 15 times more registrations would be filed than
originally planned – quite an increase in workload for both industry and
ECHA! For each of over 8000 of these substances, more than 50 companies
have submitted a pre-registration. Within any one pre-SIEF this number of
potential co-registrants makes the task of agreeing a joint registration ever more
complex and completely different from an agreement among a group of only a
You can
very small number of companies.
contact the
The increased level of complexity “SIEF Experience day”. On these for the types of interaction they
REACHReady
within the pre-SIEFs is something events, delegates role-play being can expect and better equipped
that has generated much debate in a SIEF in a safe environment to move the process forward.
Helpdesk on
during our “Managing REACH” before they do it for real. Every We plan to run more of these
020 7901 1440
series of seminars and has group has got off to a shaky start experience days, so anyone
informed much of the guidance and the agreement of which data interested in taking part in one
we continue to give via the should be used and how much it of these days should contact
helpdesk. One part of this series should cost was always a sticking the helpdesk at enquiries@
www.reachready.co.uk
that we continue to receive point. However, by the end of the reachready.co.uk.
excellent feedback on is our day everyone is better prepared
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