Reach and International Legislation

REACH aims to enhance the protection of human health and environment from the risks that can be posed by chemicals, the promotion of alternative test methods, the free circulation of substances on the internal market and raising competitiveness and innovation.

REACH makes industry responsible for assessing and managing the risks posed by chemicals and providing appropriate safety information to their users. In parallel, the European Union can take additional measures on highly dangerous substances, where there is a need for complementing action at EU level.

SUSTCHEM Engineering scientists are involved with REACH Regulation since 2001. We undertook successfully the Impact Assessment of REACH on the Greek enterprises on behalf of the Ministry of Finance Development.

SUSTCHEM Engineering offers complete package of REACH services. We provide 24h REACH services to manufacturers and importers so that they are able to quickly meet and comply with the requirements of legislation.

The full range of our services for EU Importers, EU manufacturers and non-EU manufacturers is provided below:

• Reach Registration
• Reach Consulting
• Only Representative Services
• Reach Audit

The Turkish Regulation "Inventory and Control of Chemicals" (CICR) was published on 26 December 2008 and entered into force on 1 January 2009. The Regulation imposes the obligation to report the necessary information to the inventory of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry on all existing and new substances, either on their own or in preparation(s), imported or manufactured in Turkey in quantities above 1 ton per year.

The regulation first was amended on 10 November 2009 to extend the submission deadline to 2010 and to add polymers to the list of exemptions. It was amended again on May 23rd, 2010 to extend the submission deadline to March 31st, 2011.

We work with our partner in Turkey and provide comprehensive chemical compliance services in Turkey. Those services include:

• Assess your obligations
• Prepare the data required for notification (1-1000t and 1000t+)
• Submit notifications in Turkish in the format required
• Turkish MSDS