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Development
of a Technical Guidance Document for Downstream Users of chemical
substances
(REACH Implementation Project 3.5-2)
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Commissioned by:
European Commission
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Carried out by:
Ökopol GmbH
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Co-operation partners:
RPA Ltd
DHI Water & Environment
HSE consult
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Duration:
2005 - 2007
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| Background |
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| The future new regulation on "Registration,
Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)"
puts responsibility on industry for the safe manufacture, import and
use of chemicals throughout the chemical supply chain. In future,
many safety data sheets of dangerous substances and preparations will
contain additional information. Furthermore, exposure scenarios will
be communicated with some of the safety data sheets. These exposure
scenarios will describe the operational conditions of use and risk
management measures that will ensure that the risks from the use of
a substance are adequately controlled throughout the entire life-cycle.
Downstream users must either implement the conditions described in
the exposure scenario or adopt other approaches to ensure that risks
are controlled. Therefore, the users of substances also assume responsibility
for a safe application of a substance. |
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| Objectives and tasks |
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| This project has two main objectives: |
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- To (further) develop processes, documentation formats and instruments
for implementing REACH by downstream users
- To provide a guidance document for downstream users of substances,
which explains the REACH requirements in a comprehensibly manner
and provides concrete support for implementation
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| The project is divided into four work packages. In the
first work package, the key issues of this project will be elaborated
in working papers, taking account of results of the scoping study
as well as experience from other projects. In work package 2, the
working documents and instruments will be further developed and should
serve as thr basis for a focused discussion with stakeholders as well
as providing materials for case studies. In the 3rd work package,
key issues will be discussed with different types of downstream users
in different sectors, in order to test the guidance elements (six
case studies). In the final work package, experience and results of
the project will be merged and elaborated to provide the final guidance
document. |
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| The work will be assisted by a stakeholder expert group
consisting of representatives from industry, member states and other
interested parties. |
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| Expected results |
| The main result of this project should be
a technical guidance document for downstream users, making the requirements
of REACH comprehensible and realizable to downstream users. |
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| Contact |
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| Dirk Jepsen |
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