The Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH, Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) is an arrangement that affects many businesses from a variety of sectors, including those that do not use any chemicals in their production.

In general, the impacts under the REACH regulation are:

• Manufacturers: Enterprises using chemical substances during their activities or those supplying these substances to other enterprises have absolutely important responsibilities under REACH.
• Importers: Companies importing products from outside the European Union have important responsibilities under REACH. These products can be individual chemicals or compounds, or they can be finished products such as clothing, furniture or plastic products.
• Users: Many businesses are perhaps unwittingly using a number of chemicals. For this reason, enterprises that use any chemical substance in their industrial activities should have their liabilities checked. Otherwise they may have certain responsibilities under REACH.
• Companies operating outside the European Union: Enterprises established outside the European Union are not subject to REACH obligations, even if they export their products to the customs territory of the European Union. Responsibility for compliance with REACH requirements, such as pre-registration or registration of chemical substances, rests solely with importers established in the European Union or a representative of a manufacturer established in the European Union but not a member of the European Union.

The last item described above is important. Because, although the responsibility belongs to the importer companies established in the European Union and the representative of a manufacturer company which is not a member of the European Union, the importer companies operating in the European Union countries should return to the suppliers outside the European Union and fulfill their legal obligations. required information for For this reason, suppliers are also obliged to fulfill REACH obligations indirectly.

At this point, the importance of REACH test laboratories emerges. In the first step, suppliers need to know the conditions that the products they will send to European Union countries must meet. The content of these products should be checked for chemical substances that require registration by the importing company in the European Union. It should be determined whether the exported products are affected by unregistered requirements such as notification or authorization. In order to fulfill their obligations based on importers, the advantages and disadvantages of appointing representatives should be known. Whether these products require classification, labeling and packaging under REACH regulations should be determined. All these researches are based on the results of the test and analysis studies to be carried out in REACH test laboratories.

Pre-registration and registration obligations under REACH always refer to chemicals. A substance is defined as a chemical element and its natural compound. This material is obtained by a certain production process, with the exception of any additives or solvents necessary to maintain stability. REACH registration and notification obligations refer to such a substance or a substance in the mixture. There are different registration obligations, depending on when the substance was first produced, imported or placed on the European Union market.

Substances imported into European Union countries may include substances exempted from REACH registration requirements. REACH test laboratories can also be assisted with a thorough examination of the REACH guidelines and to determine whether they are exempt from REACH obligations.

Our company also provides REACH test laboratory services within the scope of certification services. Thanks to these services, enterprises are able to produce more efficient, high performance and quality products in a safe, fast and uninterrupted manner.

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