REACH compliance campaign launched

Business awareness and compliance campaign to highlight chemical hazards and how to manage their risks

The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) has launched a campaign to promote compliance with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) in Northern Ireland.

REACH is aimed at understanding potential chemical hazards and managing their risks to protect humans, animals, and the environment. Thus, no chemicals without health and safety data should be placed on the market.

The campaign will include visits to businesses across NI to measure compliance with the REACH Regulation, for example:

• manufacturers - producing or extracting chemical substances
• importers - responsible for import of chemicals to NI
• downstream users - blending chemical substances or using chemicals to produce articles

Meetings with duty holders will discuss areas such as:

• types and quantity of chemicals used by the companies
• registration duties
• authorisation duties
• correct labelling
• control measures
• requirements on downstream users
• other duties under REACH

The visits will result in improved understanding of current supply chains and usage of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). The campaign will be concluded through providing additional information to answer questions that may arise during visits to assist duty holders to secure REACH compliance.

Find out more about the REACH compliance campaign.

First published 22 July 2022