REACH Regulation: Exporting To The EU For Safer Clothing

TUV South Deutsche group experts said in the analysis: REACH is a more complicated law. If the enterprises exporting to the EU fail to meet the requirements of the regulation, they may have serious consequences.

However, manufacturers and importers should follow the guidance of experts and understand the REACH regulations step by step, so that enterprises can meet the requirements.

In November 2009, a European Union rapid alert system (RAPEX) set up for non food products reported a case.

A group of Chinese made underpants were found to contain higher content of aminobenzobenzene contained in the new EU chemical regulations (REACH).

As a result, the importer automatically recalled the products from the consumers and put them off the market in Germany and Austria.

Due to the high cost performance of azo dyes and pigments, they are often used to dye natural and artificial materials.

However, aromatic amines dispersed from these dyes and pigments can cause cancer.

P-aminobenzene is a harmful chemical released by these dyes and pigments.

This product was recalled more than this incident.

The report shows that many European retailers, importers and their upstream suppliers do not know much about REACH regulations and their obligations.

The above case illustrates that ignoring REACH regulations will cause enterprises to suffer losses and damage brands.

The REACH regulations replaced and revised the 40 EU chemicals directive, creating a single and harmonious framework for the management of chemicals in the EU.

In order to protect human health and environment from the negative effects of chemicals, REACH controls quality control of consumer goods such as fabrics, clothing, shoes and other textiles.

This regulation is applied to 27 European Union countries and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Each country has issued a series of regulations.

Apart from punishing measures, once the news is public, the brand will also be damaged.

Section second of section REACH of regulation thirty-third shows that consumers have the right to ask suppliers to provide relevant information about harmful chemicals contained in their products.

This right is widely used by non-governmental organizations, and the results are also given to outside communiques.

REACH puts the responsibility of chemical safety on the manufacturers and importers of the European Union.

If you are a manufacturer or importer of the European Union, the meaning of the REACH regulation is that if you do not comply with the requirements set forth in the REACH regulations, you need to bear legal liability, not your upstream suppliers from non EU countries.

The REACH regulation states that REACH regulations represent the registration, evaluation, restriction and authorization of chemicals. This is the four key step of this directive, and the whole process is supervised by ECHA.

In the REACH directive, chemicals refer to a substance, and all products can be roughly divided into three categories according to their composition: substance, mixture and substance.

If the product is pure chemicals, it is called substance.

Calcium chloride, which is often used by writers as desiccating agent, is an example.

If the product is made up of two or more substances, it is called a mixture.

For example, washing powder is a mixture of various chemicals, including surfactants, fluorescent whitening agents and aromatics.

Majority

Packaging material is an item that can not be ignored.

Under the REACH code, each packaging material is a separate item.

Therefore, packaging materials must also comply with the requirements for conformity.

Under the category of goods, there is a branch which is intended to release substances.

For example, a piece of microencapsulated antimicrobial agent is released under the normal use of the antibacterial agent, which is added to the fabric, thereby adding value to the product.

In terms of deliberate release, this function is only an additional function rather than a main function.

Thus, to understand the obligations stipulated in the REACH regulations, we must first understand the meaning of substances, mixtures, objects and intended release.

For textile products, the categories of products that need to be registered are only those that are intended to release substances.

The evaluation is to check the data submitted by the registration office (for example, the completeness of the relevant registration documents and the evaluation of the chemical test cases).

The process of evaluation is undertaken by ECHA or member states of the European Union.

For manufacturers, they do not have to bear any obligation to evaluate.