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About REACH

REACH Online

What is REACH?

REACH is the Regulation for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals. It entered into force on 1st June 2007 to streamline and improve the former legislative framework on chemicals of the European Union (EU). REACH places greater responsibility on industry to manage the risks that chemicals may pose to the health and the environment.

In principle REACH applies to all chemicals: not only chemicals used in industrial processes but also in our day-to-day life, for example in cleaning products, paints as well as in articles such as clothes, furniture and electrical appliances.

REACH Objectives

The aims of REACH are to:

  • Improve the protection of human health and the environment from the risks that can be posed by chemicals
  • Enhance the competitiveness of the EU chemicals industry, a key sector for the economy of the EU
  • Promote alternative methods for the assessment of hazards of substances
  • Ensure the free circulation of substances on the internal market of the European Union

Find out more on EU offical website http://reach.jrc.it/about_reach_en.htm

About us

  • prepared by Krystof Dibusz
    • co-worker at Law-Ref.org
    • graduate in Chemistry and Informatics
    • junior XML, XSLT and Python (Django) programmer, web development

    • Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at Imperial College, London
    • member of Committee on Printed and Electronic Publications of IUPAC
    • the chief consultant of the publishing house ICT Press Prague
    • senior XML, XSLT, Python (Django) programmer, professional web development
    • the founder of Zvon.org - The Guide to the XML Galaxy
    • the founder of Law-Ref.org - International Law Documents
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