Cefic and the chemical industry are taking up this responsibility as part of their continuing commitment to increasing the level of safe chemicals management

REACH entered into force on June 1, 2007. One of the fundamental changes brought by REACH is the change of responsibility from public authorities to industry in demonstrating the safe manufacture and use of chemicals.

Cefic positions itself as a holding presenting a corporate structure with its subsidiaries, ReachCentrum and ReachLink.

offers services such as REACH consortia management, SIEF support, consultancy, workshops and webinars to support REACH implementation within companies or organizations.

created by Cefic and the German (VCI), the British (CIA), the Spanish (FEIQUE), the Italian (Federchimica) and the French (UIC) associations, offers IT supported portal services to companies for the operation of Substance Information Exchange Forums (SIEFs), an essential step in the REACH journey leading to substance registration.

Cefic is making every effort to help businesses in their preparation for REACH, supporting effective compliance to the benefit of European business and society at large.

Together with Cefic members and industry partners, practical guidelines and tools have been developed (Documents and tools, Libraries, IT tools, useful links, including for Classification and labelling).

Such guidance is open to all businesses – and not restricted to Cefic members. This open approach helps ensure REACH implementation contributing to the sustainability of the European industry.