Tag Archives: REACH

New challenges as China REACH regulation matures

Understand how China REACH changes impact your company. China knows what works in global market supply chains and what doesn’t. Do you?


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6 REACH compliance steps for aerospace, defense foreign military sale

U.S. Department of Defense has no program in place for completing substance registrations. Hundreds of substances are at risk in the supply chain. If your supplier has not pre-registered a non-exempt substance then you are currently putting an illegal product on the EU market. Your choices are to either get the supply chain to register the substance immediately or register it yourself via an EU affiliate or representative.
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REACH Compliance: 7 ‘must do’ steps for auditing suppliers

There is no 'one-size-fits-all' approach. REACH is a new regulation with at least 15 unique legal requirements that did not exist before. REACH also comes with a bundle of exemptions that …
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7 Potholes along the REACH road to global supply chains

REACH is a major driver for a more integrated approach to compliance with entire supply chains coming together to facilitate ..
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REACH: Seven (7) steps to better pre-registration

Determine which substances are exempt from registration: Substances manufactured / imported in quantities less than 1 ton per year, such as radioactive substances; waste substances, are all covered by exemptions which eliminate the need for registration. After you have conducted…
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3 Myths about REACH you need to know

REACH does provide a variety of exemptions for certain products and applications. For example, if you sell a printed circuit board, the same circuit board may be used in automobiles (not exempt), medical electronics devices in direct contact with human body (exempt) and in airplanes (possibly exempt on a case-by-case basis in some EU Member States if a specific defense exemption is granted).
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