REACH
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
REACH is the European Union's comprehensive chemical regulation. It requires companies that manufacture, import, or sell articles in the EU to identify and manage risks from chemical substances. For product companies, the most immediate obligations involve substances of very high concern (SVHCs) on the Candidate List.
What you receive
REACH SVHC Declarations & Compliance Documentation
We deliver complete, audit-ready REACH documentation packages including SVHC screening results, supplier data roll-ups, Article 33 communication templates, and compliance determination summaries.
- Product-level SVHC screening against the full Candidate List
- Supplier Full Material Disclosure (FMD) data collection and validation
- SCIP dossier preparation for articles requiring ECHA notification
- Compliance documentation that holds up under customer and regulatory audits
Any company placing articles on the EU market. This includes EU-based manufacturers, importers bringing products into the EU from outside the EEA, and companies further down the supply chain that need to pass compliance data to their customers. If your products are sold in Europe, REACH applies to you.
- Article 33: Communicate the presence of SVHCs above 0.1% w/w to downstream recipients
- Article 7(2): Notify ECHA when an article contains an SVHC above 0.1% w/w and is produced/imported in quantities exceeding 1 tonne per year
- SCIP notification: Submit information on articles containing SVHCs to ECHA's SCIP database (linked to Waste Framework Directive)
- Annex XVII restrictions: Certain substances are restricted or banned in specific product categories
- Annex XIV authorization: Some SVHCs require explicit authorization for continued use
Key thresholds
- 0.1% w/w (weight by weight) trigger for SVHC communication and notification
- 1 tonne/year threshold for ECHA notification obligations
- Candidate List updates occur twice per year (typically January and July)
- The current Candidate List contains over 230 SVHCs and continues to grow
- Relying on company-level declarations instead of product-level or component-level data
- Not updating compliance assessments when the Candidate List changes
- Treating REACH as a one-time exercise rather than an ongoing obligation
- Missing SCIP notification requirements for complex articles with multiple sub-articles
- Accepting supplier declarations at face value without validation or cross-referencing
- Not tracking which specific substances are present and at what concentration
- Product-level and BOM-level SVHC screening against the current Candidate List
- Supplier data collection campaigns for Full Material Disclosure (FMD) data
- SCIP dossier preparation and submission support
- Candidate List update impact assessments (twice per year)
- REACH compliance declaration and documentation packaging
- Gap analysis between current data and what your customers or regulators require
- Audit-ready documentation for customer and regulatory submissions
Need REACH compliance support? We run the full process from supplier data collection through audit-ready documentation.
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