Report on the Operation of REACH and CLP 2016

In linea con l'articolo 117, paragrafo 2, del regolamento REACH, ogni cinque anni l'ECHA presenta alla Commissione europea una relazione sul funzionamento dello stesso Regolamento REACH. L'Agenzia inserisce nella relazione "le informazioni sulla trasmissione comune dei dati a norma dell'articolo 11 e una rassegna delle spiegazioni formulate per trasmettere separatamente le informazioni.

This is the second five year report the Agency has produced on the implementation of the REACH and CLP regulations. 

It shows that since our previous report in 2011 the operations of REACH and CLP have effectively steered companies towards manufacturing, formulating, importing and using industrial chemicals more safely. 

This constitutes significant progress towards meeting the aims of the Regulations, namely providing a high level of protection for human health and the environment, whilst promoting alternatives to vertebrate animal testing. 

There are also encouraging signs that this has happened whilst innovation continues and the competitiveness of industry is maintained. Despite the gains, there are areas that need further effort to ensure they are working as the legislator intended. In our previous report we identified problems with the quality of the information being provided by companies in their registration dossiers. 

This aspect is critical to the success of REACH and CLP, since adequate and reliable information is the foundation of all of the other REACH and CLP processes. We are pleased to see that the quality of information in registration dossiers has improved, but there is still work to be done, as well as ensuring that information consistently flows along supply chains, ultimately to consumers. 

In collecting REACH and CLP-generated information on chemicals, ECHA has moved from a data-gathering organisation to a knowledge management one, in which an integrated regulatory approach is taken to managing the various REACH and CLP processes. 

This integrated approach is founded on screening all information from the various databases that the Agency manages to trigger risk management measures particularly for ‘substances that matter most’ for safety. It also puts us in a position to gradually map the ‘universe of registered substances’ over the years to come. Looking to the future a lot of efforts are currently being made to ensure that the final 2018 REACH registration deadline is a success.

ECHA 2016


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