REACH Compliance

REACH is a European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use (EC 1907/2006) since 2007. It deals with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical substances. The law entered into force on 1 June 2007.

SVHC (Substances of Very High Concern) are a diverse group of substances that have been placed in a "Candidate List" for authorization by the ECHA because of their particularly hazardous properties. Due to the specific hazards associated with these chemicals REACH imposes controls on them over and above those that apply to standard chemicals. By now, the "Candidate List" contains total 53 SVHCs. The list will be regularly updated, with more substances to be added over time.

REACH EU Regulation and Compliance
 Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemicals (REACH) is one of the most comprehensive and far-reaching pieces of environmental legislation to come out of the European Union. Third-party laboratory Testing allows you to verify compliance with the following requirements of REACH:

Annex XVII Restricted Substances:

• 3 phthalates for toys and 6 phthalates for toys when the toy can be placed in the mouth by children
• AZO colorants in textiles
• Nickel release from metal products in direct contact with skin
• and many others...

Candidate List of 49 SVHCs (Substances of Very High Concern):

There is a general 0.1% w/w (0.1% of total product weight) limit for each of the 49 SVHCs that applies to all product types. Substances of Very High Concern include:

• Carcinogenic, Mutagenic or toxic to reproduction (CMR)
• Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) or very Persistent and very Bioaccumulative (vPvB)
• Identified, on a case-by-case basis, from scientific evidence as causing probable serious effects to human health or the environment of an equivalent level of concern as those above (e.g. endocrine disrupters).