REACH

1. Certification Overview

REACH stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals. It is an EU regulation providing preventive management of chemicals entering the market and took effect on June 1, 2007. It covers substances, preparations and articles; for articles, the primary focus is communication of information about substances of very high concern (SVHCs). The list currently contains 224 SVHCs and will continue to expand.

2. Certification Mark

3. Applicable Regions

27 EU Member States: United Kingdom (left the EU in 2016), France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Cyprus, Hungary, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania.

4. Product Scope

REACH has a broad scope, covering almost all commercial products other than food, feed and medicines. Consumer products such as clothing, footwear, jewelry, electrical and electronic products, toys, furniture, and health and beauty products fall within its scope.

V. Certification Requirements

1. Registration

All chemical substances manufactured or imported in quantities exceeding 1 tonne per year require registration. A chemical safety report must also be submitted for substances manufactured or imported in quantities exceeding 10 tonnes per year.

2. Evaluation

This includes dossier evaluation and substance evaluation. Dossier evaluation checks the completeness and consistency of registration dossiers submitted by businesses. Substance evaluation assesses the risks posed by a chemical substance to human health and the environment.

3. Authorization

Authorization applies to the manufacture and import of substances with hazardous properties that raise particular concern, including CMR, PBT and vPvB substances.

4. Restriction

If risks to human health and the environment arising from the manufacture, placing on the market or use of a substance, preparation or article are considered inadequately controlled, its manufacture or import into the EU will be restricted. Note: PBT means persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic; vPvB means very persistent and very bioaccumulative; CMR means carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic for reproduction.

6. Test Items

Includes testing of metals and non-metallic materials

7. Required Documents

1. Application Form

2.BOM

3. Samples

8. Certification Process

1. Complete the service application form;

2. Sign the contract and make payment:

3. Send samples;

3. Test samples;

4. Issue the report.

9. Certification Timeline & Validity

There is no fixed validity period. Certificates and reports must be updated as the directive's requirements change.