Reach
REACH is the Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals. It entered into force on 1st June 2007. It streamlines and improves the former legislative framework on chemicals of the European Union (EU).
The main aims of REACH are to improve the protection of human health and the environment from the risks that can be posed by chemicals, the promotion of alternative test methods, the free circulation of substances on the internal market and enhancing competitiveness and innovation. REACH makes industry responsible for assessing and managing the risks posed by chemicals and providing appropriate safety information to their users. In parallel, the European Union can take additional measures on highly dangerous substances, where there is a need for complementing action at EU level.
ARCHE's team members are well versed in the different disciplines needed to comply with REACH. Our ecotoxicologist and toxicologists are ready to help you keeping REACH under control. Besides of preparing REACH dossiers the experts of ARCHE have been actively involved in writing guidance on the subject (RIP 3.6, RIP 3.2.2, MERAG) and developing new REACH tools that facilitate implementing REACH (DU Scaling tool, intelligent testing strategy tools, soil PNEC calculator).
The experts at ARCHE can help you at every step of the process of building a REACH dossier:
- review of the already existing information of the substance under scrutiny and assessment of its suitability for use in the dossiers
- conduct of a literature search for all relevant and available information. and acquisition of copies of any literature papers necessary for the dossier;
- data-gap analysis, proposal for waivers, read-across or testing as appropriate;
- preparation of the technical dossier (IUCLID 5.0 format);
- development of exposure scenarios for the identified end uses or categories of end uses incl. the proposals for Risk Management Measures (RMM), where appropriate;
- documentation of the Chemical Safety Assessment (CSA), including the proposed classification, the DNEL and PNEC derivation and writing the Chemical Safety Report (CSR);
- preparation of relevant extended Safety Data Sheet(s) (e-SDS).
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Keep track of our latest news
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BIOCIDES 2011 conference in Vienna
ARCHE attended the 14th International annual conference in Vienna (Austria) (28-30th November 2011). The conference is organized by Feierl-Herzele GmbH, that also operates the European Biocides Information Network (https://www.europeanbiocides.net). This fully booked conference is greatly appreciated by participants by its interactive nature and the presence of both industry and government representatives. Click to the right to read on.
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EQSPAE conference in Hong-Kong
ARCHE presented at the International EQSPAE Conference 2011. With this conference, Hong Kong University and SETAC aim to provide an international platform for sharing knowledge on the advancement in the scientific derivation of EQ benchmarks for the protection for aquatic ecosystems and human health. Click to the right to read on.
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The launch of our new website
As you may have noticed by now, we have a new website. And we're quite happy about it too! Click on the arrow on the right for more information.
Meet us at these upcoming events
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VLARIP EVENT REACH: de uitdagingen voor 2012
ARCHE is exhibiting at the yearly VLARIP networking event to be held on 2 February 2012 in Zwijnaarde
Topic: REACH: de uitdagingen voor 2012/the challenges for 2012
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QSAR Workshop
ARCHE invites you to join us at a QSAR workshop to be held 16 February 2012 in Ghent.
Topic: Save resources using QSARs in fulfilling your 2013 registration testing obligations under REACH.
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6th SETAC World Congres
ARCHE is exhibiting at the 6th SETAC World Congress to be held 20-24 May 2012 in Berlin. In addition we are co-chairing a session on "Collection and use of monitoring data for environmental risk assessment of chemicals" scheduled on wednessday 23 May in the morning.
Topic: Securing a sustainable future: integrating science, policy and people
