ECHA/PR/13/33. FINAL REPORT OF THE SECOND REACH ENFORCEMENT PROJECT PUBLISHED.
The ECHA Forum's second enforcement project (REF-2) focused on checking the compliance of downstream users – particularly formulators of mixtures – with the essential requirements of the REACH and CLP regulations.
The project's operational phase was carried out
from May 2011 until March 2012. The national enforcement authorities inspected
1 181 enterprises covering 6 900 substances, 4500 mixutres and 4500 safety data
sheets (SDSs). The majority of the inspected companies were small or
medium-sized. More than half of the inspected companies were not only active as
downstream users but also in additional roles, e.g. as manufacturers,
importers, distributors and only representatives.
In total, 67% of the inspected companies were non-compliant
with one or more provisions of REACH or CLP. Non-compliance was most commonly
related to contraventions of (pre-)registration (REACH, 8%), notification (CLP,
15%), failure to keep information (20%) and having deficient risk management
measures (12%).
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