REACH Legal Texts

The European chemicals industry manufactures and uses a large number of different chemical products. 90% of all chemicals on the European market are preparations (mixtures of chemical substances) including industrial chemicals, petrochemicals, agricultural chemicals and many others.

The EU legislation aims at achieving a high level of protection of human health and the environment from chemicals, and requires manufacturers of chemicals:

• To identify the intrinsic hazards of the chemicals (flammability, toxicity…)
• To label these chemicals according to strict rules and to package them safely.

For more information on legislation you can visit the European Commission website

Legal texts (English):

• Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
• Corrigendum to Directive 2006/121/EC
• Regulation (EC) N°1907/2006 - REACH
• Directive 67/548/EEC - Dangerous substances Directive
• Directive 1999/45/EC modified by Directive 2001/60/EC - Dangerous Preparations Directive
• Directive 2006/121/EC - Directive relating to Classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances
• Directive 91/155/EEC as amended by Directive 93/112/EEC and Directive 2001/58/EC – Safety Data Sheet requirements