► REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation (of) CHemicals Regulation)

Dangerous Goods Services provide strategic advice on both GB and EU REACH Regulation compliance.  Under REACH, all in-scope substances imported or manufactured within the territory above 1,000 kg per annum require Registration.   This is completed by the submission of a Dossier to the competent authority for peer review, following which a standard classification is issued.  There are two guiding principals within REACH - those of "No Registration - No market" and "One Substance - One Registration".  However, following EU-Exit - Registration has to be made via ECHA for the EU and via the HSE for Great Britain.

The Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation stipulates that all chemicals must  be classified prior to being placed on the market for the first time, and that these hazards should be documented within a Safety Data Sheet, and indicated on the product receptacle by means of an appropriate label.

Dangerous Goods Services provide a supply label authoring service for compliance with GB CLP, or can audit existing labels against compliance standards.  

These Regulations were issued following a tragic accident in Italy, and serve to protect the local community around any chemical or storage site where significant amounts of dangerous products are located.  In the main this regulation affects sites storing explosive, flammable, toxic or other harmful chemicals above certain thresholds and requires various action plans to be put in place to mitigate any spills or incidents.  Dangerous Goods Services can check your site contains chemicals above these threshold values, and will then work with other Consultants to ensure that the correct plans are put into place to protect the community.

The Biocidal Product Regulation is a two step process requiring the "Approval" of a Biocidal Active and the subsequent "Authorisation" of this Active within a Biocidal Product.  During the initial process the Active is approved for use in one, or more, of 22 Product Types (PTs) covering a range of applications.  A biocidal Product can only be formulated with  an Active approved for use in the relevant PT.  A formal list of all Biocidal Actives and their PT's and suppliers is maintained as Article 95.

Dangerous Goods Services provide strategic advice on both UK and EU BPR compliance, along with assistance with marketing and labelling in compliance with BPR. 

The Detergents Regulations stipulates the minimum biodegradability of Detergents / Surfactants, to ensure that they break down to harmless bi-products within streams and rivers, following discharge from water treatment works, within a maximum allowable time period.  These regulations also contain labelling requirements to ensure that product comparisons can easily be made  to ensure an optimum selection at the time of purchase.

Dangerous Goods Services provide strategic advice on both GB and EU compliance, along with assistance for labelling in respect of the detergent’s regulations. 

Aerosols are a special type of "package" and as such are regulated under ADR regarding testing, quality assurance and documentation. However, the Aerosols Directive contains a number of labelling requirements, in addition to those listed with CLP, that need to be  adhered to.  In particular the "brim fill" volume needs to be noted on the can to ensure that the correct "ullage" or air gap is left to allow expansion of the contents so the can is not over-pressurised.

Dangerous Goods Services provide a label authoring service in compliance with the Aerosols regulations, or audit existing labels against compliance standards.