REACH review underway

According to Art 138 (6) of REACHⁱ, the European Commission needs to carry out a review of REACH to assess whether or not the scope needs amending to avoid overlaps between REACH and other Community provisions.

Milieu Ltd, working with DHI, PACE and PTK, has been awarded by DG Environment a project to assist the European Commission in this review process. They created a specific website (REACH scope website) to obtain input from stakeholders to allow them to:

• make an update of the analysis of possible overlaps of REACH with other EU legislation, including those not identified during the REACH legislative process,
• identify any gaps in the interface between REACH Regulation and other EU legislation,
• and identify synergies between REACH and other EU legislation.

The identified overlaps or gaps could e.g. relate to: exemptions, definitions, Risk assessment or risk management methodology, specific Authorisation or Restriction regimes, specific Substance issues.

Although the review will be limited to issues regarding scope, some Member States have shown interest to also look into workability and enforceability issues.

CEMBUREAU will analyse the issue to identify whether a contribution from the Association is needed.