What Is Reach?
REACH is a European Union
regulation for registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals. It
entered into force on 1 June 2007 and covers a number of EU regulations and
Statutes and collects them under a single system.
Purpose
REACH
regulations were accepted by all European Union (EU) Member States and European
Economic Area (EEA), were prepared to take control of chemical products
manufacturing, import and marketing.
Under
REACH:
·
Providing a high
level of protection of the chemical usage in environment and human health,
·
Being held
responsible for risks related to usage purposes of people who launch chemicals
to the market, for understanding and management
·
Ensuring free
movement of substances in the EU market,
·
Increasing
competition and innovation in the EU chemical industry,
For
evaluating harmful features of items, being encouraged its alternative methods
are aimed.
