Sharp REACH User Manual

Request to Provide Information on Request to Provide Information on
Chemical Substances contained in
Parts/Materials Related with REACH
September 2009
Sharp Corporation
Outline of REACH
 What is REACH Regulation
REACH is a new EU Regulation on chemicals and their safe use
Registration Evaluation Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals
(A regulation dealing with Registration, Evaluation, Authorization
and Restriction of Chemicals)
 There are obligations of registration/hazardous  There are obligations of registration/hazardous
evaluation on 30,000 substances that are
manufactured in EU or imported to EU.
 We cannot use substances of very high concern on
We cannot use substances of very high concern on
bad effect of human and environmental without
Authorization. Some substances of very high
concern are restricted on some uses.
To put REACH Simply,
No data, No market. No data No market
Data submission is required, for a chemical substance
which will be used, and also which has been used.
1. Outline of REACH 1 Outline of REACH
2. Sharp's Basic Policies 2 Sh
3. Procedures to Respond to Survey
4. Requests
5. Questions and Answers
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 Differences Between RoHS and REACH
Aim
Object
substances
Evaluation of
inclusion state
Regulatory
objective objective
Penalty and y
business risk
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Contents
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Outline of REACH
RoHS Directive Reach Regulation
to restrict inclusion of to manage chemical
specified substances substances
-Chemicals/Preparations:
Specified 6 substances
All substances
(Restricted substances)
- Articles:
(Within classified as SVHC)
Analyzable Difficult to analyze
Obligation of :
▪Information discovery
Restriction of inclusion
Registration
▪Registration
▪Notification
In case of breach,
Charge as penalty
product recall, damage product recall damage
(depends on national law) (depends on national law)
of brand-image Damage of brand image
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