ERA’s guide to the new EU REACH chemicals regulation was published in August and has proved extremely popular. REACH became law throughout the EU on the 1 June 2007 and has far reaching implications, not just for manufacturers and suppliers, but for everyone in the supply chain.

This guide is designed primarily to assist those involved in the products sector, in particular the electrical products sector and its supply chain and is divided into two main sections:

- Understanding and responding to REACH

- Identifying and substituting substances of very high concern (SVHCs).

Edition 2 of the guide is now available and has been extensively revised to cover developments in interpretation and expanded to provide more detail on scope, authorisation, registration and authorisation costs, downstream user requirements, identifying SVHCs, and a detailed index of the Regulation and its articles. Edition 2 has been revised and expanded throughout the text and provides significant new material in the following areas:
	The registration process and fee structure - expanded content
	Safe use of chemicals and preparations as downstream users - expanded content
	Notification obligation on importer/producer of articles - expanded content
	Obligations on importers - expanded content
	Timetable of activities concerning registration and authorisation of relevance to equipment manufacturers and importers relating to SVHCs - new Section
	What is an SVHC? - new Section
	More on SVC identification and existing substance restrictions - expanded content
	Common solvents used by the electronics industry beyond those under review by the EU - new table
	More examples of substances used in or to make electrical products - new table
	Key actions for producers of articles and downstream users - new summary
	List of substances of concern and identification of those used in or to make electrical and electronic equipment - revised Appendix
	Results of completed EU risk assessments - revised Appendix
	Use of metals in electrical equipment and possible substitutes - revised Appendix
	Directory of Member State Competent Bodies - new Appendix
	Detailed table of contents of REACH including chapter and article descriptions - new Appendix
	List of Reach Implementation Projects - new Appendix
	Appendixes II and III - now sorted both by CAS number and substance name.

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