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Nordic
Product Registers and REACH Data Base
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Commissioned by:
The Nordic Chemical Group
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Carried out by:
Ökopol, Institute for Enviromental Strategies, Germany
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Duration:
April 2006 - December 2006
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| Background |
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| Since more than 10 years, companies placing
chemical products on the market of the Nordic Countries are required
to register these in the Nordic product registers. Under the future
new European chemicals policy, REACH, substances placed on the market
in amounts exceeding 1 t/a and actor will have to be registered as
well. The REACH system will generate comparable information to that
of the Nordic product registers. |
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| A number of industry sectors have raised the concern
that parallel operation of REACH and the Nordic Product Registers
could lead to double-work and hence simplification would be needed
with regard to the extent and the work procedures for a registration. |
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| Objectives and tasks |
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| The objectives of the project are to identify: |
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- possible overlaps between the registration process in the Nordic
product registers and under REACH
- the strengths and opportunities that the Nordic product registers
provide and
- relevant experience to be shared for setting up a useful and
workable registration system under REACH.
- the channels and fora through which the experience can be made
useful for the REACH system.
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| The two registration systems will be assessed
with regard to the type and structure of information to be submitted
for a registration as well as the updating requirements. The result
will be a systematic comparison of the two registration systems. |
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| Relevant experience from setting up an maintaining the
Nordic product registers and the SPIN data base will be documented
as implementation advice for the future IT-system under REACH. |
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| A proposal for a system of "identified uses"
under REACH will be made, based on the experience with the use identifiers
in the Nordic product registers. It is envisaged to feed this proposal
into the REACH implementation process. |
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| Contact |
| Dirk Jepsen |
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