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Arnaud LAGRIFFOUL: Scientific Project Manager, Anses - Doctor of Ecotoxicology
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The REACh regulation introduced the principle of authorization as a new Community risk management tool for chemicals of very high concern. The first step is to add substances identified as SVHC to the candidate list: they are "candidates" for authorization, but are already subject to legal obligations that concern all players in the supply chain.
You are importing a substance on the candidate list or an article containing such a substance for placing on the market. You are subject to information obligations. What are these obligations? What are these obligations? Can they change?
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Specific provisions on obligations are described in Articles 7 (notification to ECHA), 31.1 (provisions on the content of the chemical safety data sheet) and 33 (obligation to communicate information on safe use or in response to customer requests) of the REACh Regulation.
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006...
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The ECHA website (www.echa.europa.eu) contains all the information you need to understand REACh, and in particular the authorization procedure: procedures, substance lists, technical guides, etc. Access paths are as follows:
on the register of intentions of member states and the European Commission:...
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