Europe's SMEs told not to fear tightening REACH chemicals legislation

• Autores: Laura Syrett
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 577, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Noviembre)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The designation of HBCD as an SVHC spurred manufacturers of the chemical to develop less harmful alternatives. Tel Aviv-based Israel Chemicals Ltd (ICL), which operates a number of chemical production operations in EU countries, created a replacement flame retardant called FR-122P through its specialist Industrial Products (IP) arm. According to the company, the new chemical provides the same level of fire protection as HBCD but with a "significantly improved" environmental profile.

    [Kevin Pollard] says that since REACH came into force in 2007, the ECHA has not seen any strong evidence of companies choosing to relocate in order to avoid registration. Ahead of the 2010 registration deadline, there were "quite a lot of politics" around the concern that downstream consumers of chemicals would leave the EU. "But," says Pollard, "that didn't happen." "The BCF welcomes the intentions behind REACH in eliminating very hazardous substances, and appreciates that ECHA's 2018 deadline gives time for SMEs to prepare," says [Tom Bowtell]. "However, SMEs will find it almost commercially impossible to recover the costs incurred by REACH when registering substances between 1 and 5 tonnes, regardless of the Phase 3 deadline."