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REACH
What is REACH ? REACH
is a new European Community Regulation on
chemicals and their safe use (EC1907/2006). It deals ![]() with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances. The new law entered into force on 1 June 2007. The
aim of REACH is to improve the protection of human health and the
environment through the better and earlier
identification
of the intrinsic properties of chemical substances. At the same time,
innovative capability and
competitiveness
of the EU chemicals industry should be enhanced. The benefits of the REACH
system will
come gradually,
as more and more substances are phased into REACH.
RoHS
Compliance (Restriction of Hazardous Substances)
RoHS
Compliance(Restriction of Hazardous Substances) is the nickname given to
the European Union's directive 2002/95/EC
on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in
electrical and electronic equipment. RoHS
is closely related to the European Union's directive 2002/96/EC on waste
electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Now is the time to determine the impact of RoHS on one's business because
the directive goes into effect on
July 1, 2006.
RoHS
Restricted Materials
PAHs
Compliance
Given
the diverse usages of soft plastics and rubber materials in the most
different products and
the lack of binding concrete limit values, preliminary orientation values
for PAH were voted agreed
upon in the frame of an experts-discussion to which ALDI Süd and ALDI Nord
in addition
to several test institutions (among others TÜV Rheinland) as well as
representatives of the
Stiftung Warentest (institution for comparative testing of consumer
products, founded by the
German Government) and the BfR (German Federal Institute for Risk
Assessment) were invited.![]() Based on the expected time of skin-contact, materials used in products have to meet at least the following values: ![]()
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