SATRA provides up-to-date advice on REACH

SATRA has launched a quarterly newsletter called Within REACH, to help companies get to grips with European chemicals legislation.

Every product manufactured and brought to market in Europe is, in some way, affected by the REACH Regulation (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals). SATRA has found that many suppliers, manufacturers, importers and retailers are not fully aware of all REACH requirements and the implications for their products. The information available often confuses the business person, who wants to know the answers to such questions as: ‘Am I responsible?’, ‘How am I responsible?’ and ‘What do I need to do for the least cost and effort?’

SATRA has hosted seminars and workshops on restricted substances throughout the world for a number of years. Most recently, seminars were held in Dongguan and Zhuhai in China, in which one of the key updates was explained – the introduction of sunset dates for six chemicals, including three phthalate plasticisers used in flexible PVC. These compounds will be banned from use in goods imported into the EU from 2015.

The seminars were led by John Hubbard, Technical Editor for Within REACH. At the launch of the publication, he commented: “SATRA has been helping its customers with the implications of REACH legislation for a number of years. As well as seminars and practical workshops, we also provide advice on appropriate product testing, bringing compliant product to market, as well as company-specific consultancy and ongoing support. The Within REACH publication is the next logical step.”

Within REACH is only for SATRA members, who will be able to subscribe online in addition to being able to read back issues and other REACH-related content. In the first instance, please email reach@satra.com expressing your interest.

Publishing Data

This article was originally published on page 6 of the November 2011 issue of SATRA Bulletin.

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