Update Rule and Regulation SVHC ( Substances of very High Concern )

Update  Rule  and  Regulation

SVHC  (Substances  of very  High  Concern)

Nowadays, no cosmetics   manufacturer / operatoe  exporting  or  planning to  export  their  products  to  European  Union   countries, would  have  heard  the  word  REACH. It  stands  for  Registration  Evaluation  and  Authorization  of  Chemicals.  REACH  is the  EU  law  that  regulates  registration, evaluation  and  permission  of  all              chemicals  within  EU  countries. Furthermore , it  limits the  use, production  and trade  of  chemicals  for producers and  importers  of those chemicals.  In short , it is an integrated  system  controlling  all  chemicals  produced, used  and  imported within  the  European  countries. Its  main  objective  is  to  protect  health and well-being  of  people  and  environment  from  chemical  use  and increase  the  competitive  potential  amongst  chemical  industry  within European  Union. It helps promote  research  and development  in  the  industry. This website would like to  introduce  Substances  of  Very  High  Concern  as preliminary  information  for  those  interested  in  producing  and  exporting       their  products to  the  EU countries.

Chemicals  within  the  scope  of  SVHC  are  as  follows :

1. Carcinogenic, Mutagenic  or Toxic  to  Reproduction  (CMR)  type 1 or 2, categorized  in  Appendix 1-6 of  REACH

2. PBT ( Persistent, Bioaccumulative  and Toxic ) and vPvB ( very Persistent and very Bioaccumulative ) as  regulated  in  Annex  XIII  of  REACH

3. Endocrine  disruptors

4. Other  chemicals  posing  health  and  environmental  threat  equal  to  the  abovementioned  chemicals.

You  can  study  and  download  the  complete  version  of  REACH  From  the  link below.

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2007/l_136/l_13620070529en00030280.pdf

For  further  information  on  REACH, please  click at

http://www.chemtrack.org/ReachWatch/

http://echa.europa.eu/home_en.asp