New Round of Reach Enforcement Projects

EU authorities will be inspecting how safety information on hazardous chemicals is compiled, communicated in the supply chain and followed at workplaces, in the latest round of REACH enforcement projects.

The latest project starts in the first quarter and will run to the end of the year; a report will be compiled by the end of 2018. Inspectors will check if the extended SDSs match the information established by the chemical safety reports (CSRs) that substance manufacturers prepare. They will also go through the exposure scenarios attached to the SDSs. One of the objectives of this enforcement project is to ensure that workers handling hazardous chemicals, especially those dealing with substances of very high concern, receive sufficient and correct safety information. The project will also map how effectively extended SDSs are passed on and communicated all the way through the supply chain