REACH Evaluation Report 2012: Quality information required for REACH compliance
In 2012, ECHA also launched a new strategy for selecting dossiers for compliance check that may contain typical shortcomings. This approach complements the traditional compliance check, where dossiers are manually selected for examination. The new, additional approach increases the chances of finding and addressing information gaps in all registration dossiers.
By using both methods, the Agency concluded 354 compliance checks during 2012. However, ECHA did not have to request registrants to provide further information and were able to close the case in only 33% of these cases.
In 2012, ECHA further developed its compliance check follow-up process with the involvement of the national enforcement authorities. Action focused last year on substance identity decisions triggered by the examined testing proposals to which registrants had not or insufficiently responded. In 14 cases, ECHA requested enforcement action on those decisions and had to suspend the associated testing proposal examinations.
"I need to remind registrants that registration under REACH is not just a paper exercise and that high quality data is not an end in itself. The purpose of describing a substance clearly and assessing potential hazards and exposure with scientific rigour is to ensure that the risks are properly identified and controlled in order to protect workers and the public at large," says ECHA's Executive Director Geert Dancet.
- Identifying your substance.
- Identifying the test material.
- Making full use of all relevant information.
- Providing clear use and exposure information.
- Making use of ECHA support
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