Start The Eu's Largest Technical Barriers To Trade

In June this year, the EU "on Chemicals Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction Act" (referred to as REACH regulation) into the pre-registration phase. This European history, set to face the biggest technical barriers to trade, Chinese enterprises have entered a "deal in progress."



REACH closely guarded REACH Inspection and Quarantine of China Centre for Settlement of R & D, said Minister of Meiling smiled, REACH regulation incorporates the past more than 40 laws and regulations, is the largest EU legal system, in addition to laws and regulations are outside the original 22 Rules . "Texts 849, while the implementation details, the light will have a software description of more than 2,000 pages!" eclipse car speakers

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REACH legislation on the EU market and access to the EU market, mandatory registration of all chemicals, assessment and licensing and implementation of safety monitoring. More stringent, it's principle is "a chemical substance, if not yet proved dangerous before it is unsafe", which is similar to "presumption of guilt" approach, involving more than 30,000 kinds of chemicals, put on a magic spell to them. According to the China National Metals and Minerals



chemical into Export Chamber of Commerce statistics, in 2006 China's import and export of petroleum and chemicals amounted to 245.73 billion U.S. dollars, of which trade with the EU to 20.819 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for nearly 10%. This year China-EU trade accounted for about 10%.



Therefore, REACH regulations impact on Chinese companies is quite substantial, it is estimated that each chemical test, where appropriate, cost about 85,000 euros, a new material for each test cost about 570,000 euros . Chinese enterprises the burden of annual cost for its 500 million-1 billion U.S. dollars.



According to the forecast, REACH regulations will cost our products exports to the EU increased by about 5% of the cost of the product imported into the EU increased by about 6% of the EU chemical imports and exports will decline by 10% of total chemical production in China value will drop by 0.4%.



Moreover, REACH regulations not only for chemical substances, and contains all the chemical products will be used to commodities, so the appliance, textile, Shoes , Toys, electronics, automotive and pharmaceutical areas will be involved. Related products manufacturing enterprises need to use a variety of chemical substances notification.



2007 6 1st, 6-year brewing REACH regulations come into effect. June 1, 2008, is responsible for the implementation of the management regulations of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) opened in Helsinki, Finland, REACH pre-register for free access to the basic stage.



Pre-registration period to end on November 30 the same year, enterprises in this period the production of chemical substances on the pre-registered, according to chemical properties and yield of available 3 years, 6 years or 11 years Registration of the transition period, and during the transition period in the normal exports to the EU. This completed the formal registration of assessment for the enterprise won the time, sharing the cost.



Concern to the industry is gradually warming up



6 1 Helsinki time, 4:18, Inspection and Quarantine of China Centre for Settlement of Quzhou Hengshun REACH Chemical Co., Ltd. to be responsible for REACH pre-registration REACH-IT web-based system presented on the chemical dichloro-pyridine the world's first pre-registration dossier. And this center was presented 75 kinds of chemical pre-registration files, most are are "world debut."



Dichloropyridine shampoo is a shampoo for the production of active ingredients of chemical raw materials, and Handsome is the world's leading producer of dichloro-pyridine, for a number of world-renowned cosmetic manufacturers supply. Handsome company staff Yang Wei told reporters that the company knew of the REACH legislation two years ago, sent last year to participate in the training of relevant organizations. "If you do not pre-register in time, we access the European market, the door was sealed up."



Zhejiang Sanyuan Holding Company is the leading textile companies, such companies are also big users of chemicals. Dr. Wang Wei, vice president, said the company an average of a product should be informed with 50 kinds of chemicals. "Currently our database has been completed, we are still on the ecological textile products in Europe Okeo-Tex certified, certified to better cope with REACH regulations."



The domestic petrochemical giant Sinopec was also closely REACH. Sinopec deal with the EU REACH regulation office, senior Facts from recently in Hangzhou to attend the 14th China International Chemical Fiber Conference, disclosed that Sinopec has completed all preparations for pre-registration, and pay close attention to laws and regulations and related guidelines update.



Technical equipment and start Zhejiang Economic and Trade Commission Deputy Director Li Jingning introduced that guide the enterprise in Zhejiang Province authorities have two ways to deal with REACH regulations, SMEs, mainly through the State Administration of Quality Supervision, based in Hangzhou, China REACH Inspection and Quarantine Centre for Settlement of the national technology platform, and as ternary holding such a large construction company is an independent technology platform independent.