REACH Project
Setting Up an Internal REACH Project is a Matter for the Entire Chemicals Company
Due to its complexity, REACH requirements of a company must be understood and implemented across all departments.
The aim of a well-functioning REACH project is not just to register chemicals. It is also an important guarantee of the company’s commercial future and ensures at an early stage that business partners have confidence and trust in the company.
REACH Project Initialization
To implement REACH, every company should start by drawing up a project plan. The project plan should cover various areas of the company:
- Corporate Management
- Product Safety
- Sales / Procurement
- Development and Production
- Legal and Human Resources
- Communication and Marketing
- Controlling and Data Processing
In addition to the usual elements such as the structure of responsibilities, financial and human resources, the project objective and milestones, great importance must be attached in the project plan to sensitization and involvement of all areas of the company in order to make the many aspects of REACH clear.
TUV Rheinland helps you to draw up your project plans and offers REACH training to sensitize your company.
REACH Project Implementation
In an initial project step, stock is taken of all substances that are produced at your company or which your company trades or that it uses in other ways.
The key objective of this initial project stage is to inventarize the substances used by criteria such as volume, country of origin, supplier and use. Identifying existing product information and clarifying copyright to this data is of fundamental importance. The more detailed the information, the better the impact of REACH on the company can be assessed – and the company is prepared for the (pre)registration.
To cover the entrepreneurial risk the decision on which substances are to be registered should be made during the pre-registration on the basis of what is known about anticipated direct and indirect costs and the possible cost reduction.
After SIEF data interchange at the latest, the company will have an overview of other registrees (potential consortium partners) and all existing information about the substance.
The potential costs are but one aspect of covering the entrepreneurial risk. The availability of raw materials and supplies and the company’s own ability to deliver safely are also of crucial importance. The key commercial and economic factors must be identified and integrated into an action plan.
TUV Rheinland assists companies in this process by undertaking and managing REACH projects in full.
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