Ecology in Ciech Group

REACH is an acronym of Registration, Evaluation, Authorization of Chemicals.

Registration - Each substance submitted for sale in the European Union in a quantity over 1 tonne must be registered in the European Chemicals Agency. The size of registration documentation required depends on annual turnover volumes. 

Evaluation - Substances submitted for trade and raising any doubts will be subject to risk evaluation. Apart from substances, registration documents (dossier) furnished to the Agency and containing information regarding all proposed surveys and tests for a given substance are also subject to evaluation.

Authorization - Trade or use of some substances will require a permit granted by the European Commission. The following substances are subject to this procedure:

• carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic substances (CMR);
• persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances (PBT);
• very persistent and very bioaccumulative substances (vPvB);
• persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

Limitations in production, trade and use - certain substances perilous in its own form, as preparation components or in products, in relation to which limitations has been determined, cannot be produced, traded or used unless conditions of such limitation are met.