REACH certification is the abbreviation of EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals, the EU regulation "Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals", and the chemical supervision system implemented on June 1, 2007. The REACH Directive requires that all chemicals imported and produced in Europe must go through a set of comprehensive procedures such as registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction, so as to better and simply identify the components of chemicals to ensure environmental and human safety.
Unlike the RoHS Directive, REACH covers a much broader scope, in fact it affects products and manufacturing processes in almost every industry from mining to textiles and apparel, light industry, and electromechanical. REACH requires manufacturers to register every chemical ingredient in a product, about 30,000 in total, and to measure its potential harm to public health. REACH established the idea that society should not casually introduce new materials, products or technologies with uncertain potential hazards. In all countries and regions, there is no enterprise that trades in Europe with products that are exempt from REACH certification.
So which electronic products need to do REACH certification?
REACH certification test is to carry out various tests on products in strict accordance with REACH regulations.
Electronic products refer to related products based on electrical energy, mainly including: telephones, televisions, DVD players (VCD, SVCD, DVD), video recorders, camcorders, radios, tape recorders, combined speakers, compact disc players (CD), Computers, mobile communication products, etc.
The purpose of implementing REACH certification for electronic products:
Protect human health and the environment and protect and enhance the competitiveness of the EU chemical industry Increase transparency of chemical information Reduced vertebrate experiments Alignment with the EU's international obligations under the WTO.
In essence, REACH will create a unified chemical management system across the EU to enable companies to produce new chemicals and other products following unified principles.
What types of chemicals are the substances of very high concern (SVHC) required by REACH?
PBT Class: Persistent, bioaccumulative toxic substances.
CMR class: carcinogens, mutagens, toxic to the reproductive system.
Class VPVB: Permanent and highly bioaccumulative substances that may have serious effects on human health and the environment.
How many items are currently tested by REACH certification?
REACH certification was last updated on December 20, 2017, testing 181 toxic and hazardous substances including; ethylene glycol ether acetate Article 57(c), reproductive toxicity, strontium chromate Article 57(a), carcinogen, Substances with the same toxicity to tert-octylphenol, arsenic acid, orthoarsenic acid CMR2 carcinogens and other major items.
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