Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) Eng. Ahmed Kamal Manager, Environmental Compliance Office and Sustainable Development (ECO/SD) Federation of Egyptian Industries Member of the Egyptian National Coordination Committee for REACH

What is REACH? Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals New EU Regulation that became in law on 1 June 2007 REACH places greater responsibility on industry to manage the risks that chemicals may pose to the health and the environment

Reach Scope All substances manufactured or imported into the EU at 1 ton per year or more per manufacturer/importer Includes substances supplied at over 1 ton per year in articles (per producer or importer) if substance is intended to be released during normal and reasonably foreseeable conditions of use

Timeline Pre- registration 3,5 year6 year11 year Registration (3,5 years) 1000 t/year Registration (3,5 years) 1000 t/year Registration 100 – 1000 t/year Registration 100 – 1000 t/year Registration (5 years) 1 – 100 t/year Registration (5 years) 1 – 100 t/year Entry into force of REACH Official end of SIEFs

Environmental Compliance office Reach Activities Workshop on January 2007 for FEI members

Environmental Compliance office Reach Activities Workshop on 5 th August 2008 for Chemicals manufactures and exporters in cooperation with The Association of Chemical Industries of the Czech Republic

MOU Agreement between ECO SD and ReachSpektrum (daughter company of theAssociation of Chemical Industries of the Czech Republic Environmental Compliance office Reach Activities

The Egyptian National Coordination Committee members Dr. Eng. Sherif El Gably, Chairman of the chamber of chemical industries Dr. Mohamed Hany barakat, First undersecretary-ministry of trade and industry Dr. Mawaheb Abu Elazm, Chairman of the EEAA Mr. Waleed Helal, chairman of the Chemicals and Fertilizers export council Mr. Adham Nadim, Executive director of the IMC Eng. Ahmed kamal, Manager of ECO SD Eng. Hanan El Hadary, ENCPC

The Egyptian National Coordination Committee Achievements 1 st :Criteria for the selection of Only Representatives Insure that the OR has the required legal and scientific capacities to deal with the REACH requirements Presence of a reference list should be an advance Affiliated to well established and recognized associations (federations, research entities..) Listed at of the international Reach networks (Helsinki reach helpdesk..) The presence of regional or local representatives for the OR should be an advance The contract between clients and OR should not contain penalties on the clients incase the client required to terminate the contract

The Egyptian National Coordination Committee Achievements 2 nd : Guidance contract between OR and Clients It should be issued and revised by a professional and trustable law firm In the event of contract termination the OR remains obliged to maintain confidentiality of information …

The Egyptian National Coordination Committee meetings 4 meetings for the National Committee 8 meetings for the Technical Committee

The Egyptian National Coordination Committee output 3rd:Addressing All the EU industrial federations/ Helsinki helpdesk to provide a recommended list of OR suisse.ch United be

The Egyptian National Coordination Committee output 4th:Disseminating a non inclusive list of OR service provider among Chemicals manufactures and exporters ( 36 service provider) Reach SpektrumCzech BiPROGermany Reach CenterUK SGSFinland GEDcomGermany CibaBelgium Reach Only Representative UK SitmaeNL Cambridge Environmental Assessments UK

The Egyptian National Coordination Committee Achievements 5 th :Distributing a list of exempted substances from registration among clients 6th:Distributing a 250 package containing all needed data about reach among exporters

7 th : press conference 36 Newspaper attended National News Channel

8 th :A one day match making seminar between Only Representatives and Interested clients at the premises of the Federation of Egyptian Industries

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