Hello, I wondered if anyone has had any experience of registering a product/substance on the ECRA website? I have a client who wants to import a product from the US, so as per the REACH guidance I carried out a search on the ECRA website but the search facility seems only to find individual chemicals rather than a product which contains different chemicals (unless I'm not using the search properly). Also, if I do need to register a new the product where does the company stand with producing a SDS - are there out there companies who specialise in doing this for you? I have the manufacturers MSDS that was produced in 2011 but it is against the US NFPA hazard classification. Any thoughts/guidance would be appreciated. Thanks, Jayne

It is the "substance" within the mixture that has to be registered and not the mixture. My advice is to get someone with REACH competence incloved, or yourself going through the relevant information on the ECHA website http://echa.europa.eu/regulations/reach http://echa.europa.eu/we...uments/guidance-on-reach http://www.hse.gov.uk/reach/index.htm

Thanks all - I'm leaning toward finding someone with REACH experience. I can read up on the regulations and guidance but to have someone who has the experience would be invaluable in this case. Would you have any recommendations as to experts?

Lancaster University has what I have personally found to be an informative and well organised commercial operation regarding the whole subject of REACH. I have no affiliation with the REACH Centre but from personal experience in attending a number of their informative and thought provoking seminars they do have the relevant in house expertise to provide the type of service you seem to be looking for.

Slightly off piste but somewhat related... I have an issue with a fire suppression system installed in our server rooms which is US manufactured. We only have the basic information sheet (showing what's in it) but no other information on whether this is harmful, exposure levels, ventilation requirements, etc. So no MSDS. We use a consultants firm who have advised that, as we haven't got and cannot obtain the MSDS (despite countless phone calls, emails, etc), we should remove the system and replace it. However, the company understandably want to avoid this as the system was really expensive to buy and install. I think I already know the answer to this but would it be acceptable to use something like REACH to look at the chemical components of the system and then take a view on what action we need to take?