REACH update

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Tony has posted this, and I've written asking why

is it that EOs for food and medicine aren't being

regulated #2, below, yet for fragrance the

regulations are in place? Anyone from the EU on

this group who can comment? I'm thinking we in

the US and Canada and other places outside the EU

aren't that affected by this, unless we import

through the EU? I'm not sure of that last

statement, so feel free to add your comments:

Hi all,

Happy New Year!

Here's a REACH summary copied below, which is

being sent 'round all the professional aroma orgnaisations.........

Tony

www.cropwatch.org

On December 18th, the European Council adopted

the new European chemicals policy - REACH. The

Regulation will come into force on 1 June 2007.

Based on information received and currently

available, the provisions in REACH relating to essential oils are as follows:

1. All chemical substances, including

essential oils are covered by the Regulation

except substances under customs supervision,

traded in transit or temporarily stored in a free

zone or free warehouse with a view to re-exportation.

2. Essential oils used in medicinal products

for human or veterinary use, in food, including

as a food additive and as flavouring for food and

in feeding stuff, including feed additives and in

animal nutrition, will not be subject to registration.

3. All essential oils imported or produced

for use in fragrances and cosmetics including

oral care, as well as in the detergent industry

will need to be registered with the newly created

European Chemical Bureau to be based in Helsinki,

Finland. There can be no production, import or

placing on the market without registration. This

applies to all essential oils manufactured or

imported in a quantity of 1 ton or more per year.

4. Data requirements will depend on the

individual production/import quantity per year.

Increasing data requirements will apply to

tonnage ranges of 1-10, 10-100, 100- 1000 tons

and above. (For essential oils in a tonnage range

between 1 and 10 tons per year, a chemical safety

assessment and a chemical safety report are not required).

5. Registrations deadlines: Companies will

only benefit from the transitional periods (see

below) if the essential oil has undergone a

pre-registration. For this purpose, information

needs to be submitted to the Agency between 12-18

months after entry into force of the Regulation, starting on 1 June 2008.

Transitional periods:

3 ½ years for essential oils in quantities

of 1000 tons or more, R 50/53 substances of 100

tons or more, CMR substances above 1 ton:

6 years for essential oils in quantities of 100 tonnes or more

11 years for essential oils in quantities of 1 ton or more.

6. The EU Commission will set up a classification

and labelling inventory. For this purpose,

companies will have to notify all essential oils,

even if the annual quantity is below 1 ton - to

the Commission, if the substance is classified as

" dangerous " under the criteria of EU Directive

67/548. In this context, information on hazard

classification and labelling has to be submitted.

The obligation starts 3 ½ years after entry into force, i.e. 1st January 2011.

Anya McCoy

Anya's Garden of Natural Perfume http://anyasgarden.com

Artisan Natural Perfumers Guild http://artisannaturalperfumers.org

Natural Perfumers Community Group

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