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Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing ...

Jurisdiction European Union
Year 2006
Published in English, French, Spanish
Original/other title [French] Règlement (CE) n°1907/2006 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 18 décembre 2006 concernant l'enregistrement, l'évaluation et l'autorisation des substances chimiques, ainsi que les restrictions applicables à ces substances (REACH), instituant une agence européenne des produits chimiques, modifiant la directive 1999/45/CE et abrogeant ... [Union européenne]
[Spanish] Reglamento (CE) n°1907/2006 del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 18 de diciembre de 2006, relativo al registro, la evaluación, la autorización y la restricción de las sustancias y preparados químicos (REACH), por el que se crea la Agencia Europea de Sustancias y Preparados Químicos, se modifica la Directiva 1999/45/CE y se derogan ...
Serial title Official Journal of the European Union - Journal officiel de l'Union européenne
Source 30 Dec. 2006, No.L 396, p.1-849.
Serial number 1907/2006
Online availability [English] http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:396:0001:0849:EN:PDF,
[French] http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:396:0001:0849:FR:PDF,
[Spanish] http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:396:0001:0852:ES:PDF
Descriptors [Primary] European Union, Russian Federation, chemical hazards, chemical products, chemical safety, dangerous substances, notification of dangerous substances, risk factors
[Secondary] hazard evaluation, law, list of chemical substances, prohibition of use, restriction of use, warning notices
Subject category Chemical safety
Abstract Major new Regulation concerning the safe use of chemicals, imposing requirements on manufacturers, importers and those bringing goods on the market (entry into force: different times between 1.6.2007 and 1.6.2009, depending on the section). The Regulation is organized as follows: general issues (aims, definitions); registration of substances; data sharing and avoidance of unnecessary testing; information in the supply chain; downstream users; evaluation; authorization; restrictions on the manufacturing, placing on the market and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations; establishment of a European Chemicals Agency; classification and labelling inventory; information matters; competent authorities; enforcement. The following are repealed: Regulations No.793/93 (CIS 93-1430) and No.1488/94; Directives 76/769/EEC (CIS 92-22), 91/155/EEC (CIS 93-1425), 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC (CIS 96-17) and 2000/21/EC. Major annexes: General provisions for assessing substances and preparing chemical safety reports; Guide to the compilation of safety data sheets; Criteria for substances registered in quantities between 1 and 10 tonnes; Exemptions from the obligations to register; Information requirements; Standard information requirements for substances manufactured or imported (depending on quantity, with thresholds set at 1t, 10t, 100t and 1000t); General rules for adaptation of the standard testing regime; General provisions for downstream users to assess substances and prepare chemical safety reports; Criteria for the identification of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances, and very persistent and very bioaccumulative substances; List of substances subject to authorization; Dossiers; Socio-economic analysis; Restrictions on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain dangerous substances, preparations and articles (this includes extensive lists of substances that are completely prohibited, prohibited for certain uses, or are restricted to very small concentrations).
CIS No. 08-1253
Database ID 108933

 

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