Overview

On 1st of June 2008, the notification scheme has been revoked and replaced by the Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH, OJ L 396, 30.12.2006). REACH is managed by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki.

The REACH regulation applies to substances manufactured in, or imported into the EEA in annual quantities of 1 ton or more per importer or manufacturer. Quantities below 1 tpa are exempt from registration.

Lonza is intending to register all of the substances and their uses; the company is importing into and/or manufacturing within the EEA. Therefore, Lonza has successfully registered all of their first priority chemicals (> 1000 tpa & > 100 tpa/N-R50/53). In addition, registration of some 2013-substances was brought forward as well.

Existing Substances

More than 100’000 existing chemicals (EINECS-listed = Phase-In substances) have been in use before REACH came into force. In order to continue production or import in future, these chemicals had to be pre-registered between 1 June and 1 December 2008. Companies that have pre-registered their substances can benefit from the staggered registration deadlines (2010, 2013 or 2018) for their substances:

30 November 2010:

  • Substances > 1000 t/year
  • CMR-substances Cat.1/2 > 1 t/year 
  • N-R50/53-substances > 100 t/year

31 May 2013:

  • Substances 100-1000 t/year

31 May 2018:

  • Substances 1-100 t/year

New Substances

New substances require immediate registration BEFORE they are produced in or imported into the EEA in amounts of more than 1 tpa.

ELINCS-Notified Substances

Chemicals already notified according to the former European Chemical Legislation Directive 92/32/EEC are considered as registered under REACH. The ELINCS-number was replaced by a REACH-Registration-Number.

Reach Deadlines for the Registration of Phase-In Substances

 

REACH

 

Use and Supply Chain Communication

The REACH Regulation sets a number of new requirements with respect to the use of Chemical Substances. The manufacturer respectively Importer has to demonstrate safe use of a substance for all identified uses of a substance.The uses are communicated by a description of Use Title and Use Descriptors and ERCs according to the ECHA.

Registered Substances and Supported Uses by Lonza

Please contact us if you do not find your use on the substance list: reach@lonza.com

List of Lonza Uses for Suppliers

If you are a supplier to Lonza, please consider the following uses in your registration: Lonza list of uses 

SVHC (Substance of Very High Concern)

All above mentioned and registered Substances which are supplied by Lonza do not contain any substances listed in the SVHC list of the ECHA and do not contain any other SVHC substances as known to Lonza.