BASF Submits 40,000 REACH Preregistrations

Avatar for Matt Hopkins By Andrea Klosterman Harris|2 December 2008

Substances that have not been preregistered are not allowed to be manufactured in or imported to the EU from the end of preregistration until their final registration. Registration deadlines differ depending on production volume and substance properties. Under the terms of REACH, chemical substances can be manufactured in or imported to the EU only if their effects on human health and the environment have been tested. All chemicals manufactured in or imported to the EU in annual volumes of one tonne or more need to be registered with the ECHA. BASF set up a REACH Implementation Team in 2005, with central databases developed specially for compiling dossiers and to facilitate project management. The BASF Group estimates that implementing REACH will cost the company approximately US $636 million to $700 million by the final implementation deadline in 2018.

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