UK chemicals legislation
Brexit is a fact! Regardless whether you are based in the UK or in the EU, your chemical business will be impacted when doing business across the border. Ensure to be prepared!
By mapping out the relevant supply chains in combination to the applicable regulations (BPR, REACH, CLP,…) the necessary actions are established. Once this is ready we help you prepare for the practical execution of your project on both the EU as the UK side.
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UK chemicals legislation
BREXIT is a reality! The transitional period came to an end 31st of December 2020. New rules are already applicable as of January 1st 2021.
BREXIT has a huge impact on the regulatory landscape as we know it today. If REACH, BPR, CLP, PIC, PPP,… are applicable to you, it is important to evaluate how BREXIT is impacting your business. Knowing the actions you need to take to ensure compliance for years to come, is essential. Cost effective management of the changing requirements, while avoiding supply chain interruptions, is key.
Together with you we identify and evaluate the impact and optimum solutions. Our GB-REACH audit is tailor-made and highly efficient for identifying your needs.
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE INDEPENDENT UK CHEMICALS REGULATIONS
- Which regulation(s) apply to you today? REACH, BPR, CLP,...
- Which supply chain scenarios are applicable to you?
- EU/Non-EU => GB, GB => EU, GB => Northern Ireland,…
- What is the potential impact?
- What are your options to ensure compliance?
- What are your immediate and/or long-term actions?
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To help you deliver a clear overview of applicable timelines and a tailor-made action plan.
Mike Crawford
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Be prepared for the impact of BREXIT on your UK REACH compliance! Act now and ensure business continuity!
As of January 1st 2021, the UK’s independent chemicals regulatory framework (UK REACH) applies. UK REACH maintains EU REACH’s aims and principles, and therefore manufacturers and importers in Great Britain will have to register their chemicals to ensure access to the GB market. Furthermore, companies in Great Britain are no longer able to place products on the EU market without first ensuring that compliance to EU REACH is maintained. It is very possible that many GB-based companies, currently EU downstream users of chemicals, will need to become registrants in either GB or the EU or both.
Apeiron-Team can provide support to ensure market access both for EU/EEA and GB based companies. In practice, this will come down to supporting you!
WITH THE FOLLOWING TASKS:
- Downstream User Import Notifications (DUIN),
- GB Registrations,
- 'Grandfathering' of GB held registrations,
- GB Authorisations,
- GB Only Representative service,
- EU market access for GB business.
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To find out how we help you ensure compliance with UK REACH.
Tine Vandenbrouck
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BREXIT not only has impact on the REACH process but also BPR related processes are heavily impacted by the decision of the UK to leave the EU.
Many actions have already been taken to prepare this transition. For example, the UK no longer acts as reference Member State or evaluating Member State under the BPR. All dossiers that were submitted or pending have been transferred to other Member States whenever needed.
The key question however remains… Which actions do you need to take to be compliant since the 1st of January 2021? Apeiron-Team can help you to determine the most urgent actions. Together we evaluate your full biocidal product/active substance portfolio.
SOME KEY QUESTIONS CAN BE POSED ALREADY:
- Are you GB-based and holding biocidal product authorisations in the EU? And currently listed on Art.95?
- Are you EU-based and currently listed on Article 95 but supplying to the GB market?
- Are you an EU-based product authorisation holder relying on mutual recogition to a GB authorisation?
- And many more ...
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To find out how you can ensure UK BPR compliance for your biocides portfolio.
Tine Vandenbrouck
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Also the European CLP Regulation will get a ‘GB brother’, the GB CLP Regulation.
Compliance to this Regulation will be required for all businesses based in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). As of the 1st of January 2021, GB will make its own decisions regarding mandatory classification and labeling. In practice this will be the counterpart of the European harmonized classification and labeling.
CHANGES FOR WHICH GB COMPANIES CAN START TO PREPARE FOR INCLUDE:
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Tine Vandenbrouck
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BREXIT will impact your supply of chemicals into Great Britain.
The UK is not longer in the European Union! Companies who are currently exporting chemical products into Great Britain (GB) will face new obligations! As of the current time, an initial Notification of substance information will need to be performed by October 2021, followed by phased full Registration requirements, starting in October 2023.
To continue accessing the GB market, these obligations can be covered either by the UK customer importing the product or by a non GB-based company through the appointment of a GB-based Only representative.
Apeiron-Team offers Only Representative services in Great Britain and supports manufacturers outside of GB in understanding and fulfilling their obligations the evolving UK chemicals legislation. Aside from the compliance steps, we provide strategic management of the substances for both current and future ‘UK REACH’ obligations. We act as the UK-connected eyes of the manufacturer, keeping watch over the substance and pro-actively notifying of additional obligations or evolutions in the regulatory context.
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To discuss your needs and benefits for appointing an Only Representative in Great Britain!
Mike Crawford
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