articles

Article means an object which during production is given a specific shape, surface or design which determines its function to a greater degree than does its chemical composition.

exempted

Substances exempted from REACH comprise:

• substances that are subjected to other regulations, including:
  • food and food ingredients
  • medicinal products for human or veterinary use
  • radio-active substances
• substances under customs supervision (in temporary storage, in transit, in a free zone on the EU territory while waiting to leave the EU)
• non isolated intermediates (not intentionally removed from the equipment in which the synthesis takes place)
• waste (from households: e.g. newspapers or clothes, food, cans or bottles; from professionals or industry: e.g. tires, slag, window frames that are discarded)
• individual substances (according to Annex IV, such as:
  • some organics
  • cellulose pulp
• categories of substances (according to Annex V), such as:
  • hydrates, providing the anhydrous form is registered
  • hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and the noble gases (argon, helium, neon, xenon)
  • minerals, ores, natural gas, crude oil, coal and coke
• monomers bound into polymers (registration required if the monomer is present at ≥ 2% (w/w) in the polymer and is at ≥ 1 tonne per annum)
• polymers (e.g. plastic materials, two-component glue)
• certain recycled materials (exempt on the basis that their constituent substances will have already gone through REACH)
• substances used in the interest of defence and covered by National exemptions