iSmithers is developing two one-day events tackling the management of SVHCs and CLP under REACH.
REACH has changed the regulatory environment for all companies in all sectors in the European Union and has now been in place for almost three years. The challenges facing industry have changed as the Regulation has moved forward and these challenges have now been increased following the introduction of the CLP (Classification, Labelling and Packaging) Regulation which largely implements the GHS (Globally Harmonised System for the classification and labelling of chemicals) in the European Union (EU).
The first event, taking place on 27 January 2010 will address how substances of very high concern (SVHCs) are addressed in REACH. Relevant issues include authorisation, the candidate list, stakeholder 'black lists', communication requirements (Article 33), testing for SVHCs in articles, and supply chain management and communication.
The second event on 28 January 2010 will focus on the requirements in the CLP Regulation. The scope will be broader whilst focussing on the priority areas such as the deadline for classification and labelling of substances, and notifications for the classification and labelling inventory, both of which have a December 2010 deadline.
The conference represents an ideal platform to report your findings to an influential and informed audience. Papers are invited on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Preparing applications for authorisation
- Implications of a substance being on the candidate list
- Stakeholder lists of SVHCs
- Meeting Article 33 requirements
- Strategies for testing articles for the presence of SVHCs
- Effective communication up and down the supply chain to manage SVHCs
- Company and trade association approaches to tracking the composition of products in the supply chain
- Development and analysis of alternatives
- Chemical substitution
- Impact on manufacturers and importers of articles
- CLP requirements
- Problems with CLP and how to meet them
- Data collection for classification and labelling purposes
- The challenge of meeting the notification deadline for the classification and labelling inventory
- Links between CLP and REACH
- Global developments on the implementation of the GHS
