Complimentary Quick Guide: EU REACH Compliance: Your Guide to EU Chemicals Rules

This quick guide will give you insight on:

• What REACH is, who it applies to, and the five supply chain roles it defines

• The four pillars of REACH: Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction

• How SVHCs and the Candidate List create ongoing obligations, and the five common misconceptions that leave companies exposed

• What Annex XIV and Annex XVII actually require, broken down by product category

• A 7-step roadmap for building and maintaining a REACH compliance program

• How QIMA's SVHC screening, targeted Annex XVII testing, and SDS services can help

EU REACH is one of the most comprehensive chemicals regulations ever enacted globally, and one of the most frequently misunderstood by consumer goods importers.

The most common misconception: that REACH obligations rest with your supplier. Under REACH, the EU importer bears direct legal responsibility for article obligations, including SVHC communication and ECHA notification. Your supplier's compliance activities in their home country do not discharge your obligations.

REACH is also a living regulation. The SVHC Candidate List is typically updated twice per year. Annex XVII restrictions are added and amended on an ongoing basis. A product that was compliant at launch may not be compliant today. And in recent years, the EU has begun issuing Candidate List updates outside the normal biannual cycle, compressing the time companies have to respond.

This guide walks you through the framework, the obligations, the common pitfalls, and a practical 7-step compliance roadmap so your team knows exactly what to do, and when.

Download this complimentary Quick Guide to understand your REACH obligations, identify the gaps in your current program, and build a compliance approach that holds up under scrutiny.