The report also notes that when REACH regulation is pushing safe use of chemicals, it still needs some revisions in certain parts, though the change won’t come too much in case that the stability and predictability of the regulation shall be reduced. In addition, the report also provides a number of suggestions for the implementation of EU REACH regulation.

The report covers three major parts:

>>The implementation of REACH regulation: includes scope and application of regulation, registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction, information delivery on supply chain, downstream user, the role of ECHA and enforcement authority;

>>Objectives of REACH regulation: includes human health, unified market, competition and innovation;

>>Implementation activities of CLP regulation.

SMES

In the affix of the report, it is emphasized that during the implementation of REACH regulation, the reduction of cost and burden for SMEs must be taken into account. It hereby offered 8 suggestions including:

>>industrial community and ECHA should together work out guidance for SMEs to better compliant with REACH regulation;

>>the establishment of model at transparency, indiscrimination an fair cost allocation during SIEF activity;

>>protection of intellectual property;

>>application of description system;

>>incorporate REACH compliance into research and development.

On the other hand, the report underlines the ongoing regulation over REACH compliance expense. It suggested that according to the company scale and type, there will be re-allocation and balance in terms of REACH compliance expense.

As the report addressed, the industrial community has, in general, been able to bear the additional cost taken place during REACH compliance without obvious side impact, while make effort in assisting the accomplishment of REACH’s long-term target. Besides, the implementation of REACH regulation has so far caused little impact towards import and export of chemicals.

Following the review report, the European Commission will continue its monitoring on the impact the REACH regulation might pose towards realm of new technology, and will release relevant reports before January 1, 2015 accordingly.