What is an Only Representative (OR)? Importation of chemicals into the European Union is subject to REACH Regulation Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. REACH forces European companies to register chemical substances imported into Europe above 1T/year. Therefore, non-European exporters selling chemicals in Europe may see their sales minimize due to this obligation for their European customers. If you are a […]
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REACH?… What is REACH?
What is REACH? REACH is a European Union Regulation (Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006) implemented to ensure the safety of chemicals for the human health and the environment. What does it mean REACH? REACH stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals. What does REACH Regulation set? REACH sets up the procedures for the compilation […]
Discover Chemicals in our life!
The ECHA European Chemicals Agency has launched a new website Chemicals in our life intended to inform consumers about the risks and benefits of using chemicals in their everyday lives. The website, available in 23 EU languages, provides useful information on the benefits and risks of using chemicals and explains how the EU legislation on chemicals […]
ServiREACH keeps growing!
Antoni Guiu and Ester Monsonís have joined our technical department. Antoni is a Biologist and has been working and gaining expertise with biocidal products at a multinational company, in both BPR and national biocides legislations. Ester is an Environmentalist and joined our REACH&CLP specialist team. She did her internship at ServiREACH and has demonstrated a […]
¿Is my company an SME?
Is my company classified as a Small & Medium-sized Enterprise (SME)? Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are defined in the EU recommendation 2003/361. The major goal of this recommendation is to make sure that subsides are granted exclusively for those companies which really need them. Accordingly, SME definition applies to all programs, policies and measures developed […]