What are the requirements for REACH certification testing

EU REACH certification

1. REACH test is actually an environmental testing regulation of EU countries. The new REACH test content contains 183 substances of high concern, and each substance shall not exceed 0.1%. REACH is an EU regulation aimed at improving human health and the environment It also promotes alternative methods of material hazard assessment to reduce the number of animal tests. In principle, REACH is applicable to All chemical substances; not only those used in industrial processes, but also in our daily lives, such as in cleaning products, paints, and items such as clothes, furniture, and electrical appliances. Therefore, this regulation affects most companies throughout the EU All have an impact.

1. What is REACH-SVHC?

Substances that meet the provisions of Article 57 are generally considered to be SVHC-Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC-Substances of Very High Concern). For such SVHC substances, and meet the following conditions, in accordance with Article 7(2) of REACH The requirements need to be notified: REACH testing, in the future, the European Chemicals Agency will gradually increase the substances in the SVHC list according to the situation.

2. SVHC substances refer to: REACH

1. Substances with carcinogenic, teratogenic and reproductive toxicity (CMR);

2. Substances with persistent cumulative toxicity (PBT) or high persistent cumulative toxicity (vPvB);

3. Judging by the specific circumstances, there is scientific evidence showing that substances that may cause serious harm to human health or the environment (such as causing endocrine disorders).

2. What are the requirements for REACH testing?

  The main content of REACH is to prove that daily-use products do not contain harmful chemical substances. Therefore, all daily-use products produced in the EU or imported into the EU market mainly refer to textiles and must pass the content of harmful chemical substances. Registration, inspection and approval, once the content exceeds the specified content, it is not allowed to be sold on the EU market.

2. The scope of REACH regulation is quite extensive. It covers the production and use of chemical substances in almost all industries, including not only chemical substances in industry, but also products produced using chemical substances in our daily lives, such as detergents. Paint, clothing, furniture, electrical and electronic products, etc., will therefore have a huge impact on various industries around the world, including electrical and electronic industries.

1. The scope of substances controlled by REACH includes all chemical substances except a few substances. The chemical substances not within the scope of REACH control include: non-separable intermediates, waste, substances subject to customs supervision, during transportation, and certain applications. Substances that need to be exempted for national defense.

2. Protect human health and the environment, maintain and improve the competitiveness of the EU chemical industry; increase the transparency of chemical information; reduce vertebrate testing; be consistent with the EU’s international obligations under the WTO framework; in a substantial sense, REACH will Create a unified chemical management system within the EU, enabling companies to follow unified principles to produce new chemicals and their products.

3. REACH will create a unified system for current existing substances and new substances; non-phased substances refer to those substances that were not produced and sold before the entry into force of REACH, and phased substances refer to those listed in EINECS and the European Union in recent 15 years or the so-called non-polymer directive 67/548 that has been produced but not sold. The basic elements of REACH include; scope, registration, data sharing, information, downstream users, evaluation, authorization, restriction, classification and labeling Catalog, information acquisition.

4. Materials to be submitted for REACH certification test:

(1) 2-3 samples are needed;

(2) Testing application form;

(3) Product manual;

(4) List of materials;