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Guidance on REACH The list below contains all the Guidance Documents which are available, or will be available, on this website. These documents have been developed with the participation of many stakeholders: Industry, Member States and NGOs. The objective of these documents is to facilitate the implementation of REACH by describing good practice on how to fulfil the obligations.
Understanding the Context
The Annual Meeting 2026 of the World Economic Forum will take place at Davos-Klosters from 19th to 23rd January. In a special address in the Congress Hall at Davos 2026, French President Emmanuel Macron offers a stark assessment of a world he describes as 'reaching a time of instability'. REACH is a regulation of the European Union, adopted to improve the protection of human health and the environment from the risks that can be posed by chemicals, while enhancing the competitiveness of the EU chemicals industry. REACH places responsibility on industry to manage the risks from chemicals and to provide safety information on the substances.
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To that end, manufacturers and importers are required to gather information on the properties of their chemical substances and to register that information in a central database in the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). REACH Initial text Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council ... Chemical substances that are already regulated by other legislations such as medicines, or radioactive substances are partially or completely exempted from REACH requirements. Registration is based on the " one substance, one registration " principle.