REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals, EC 1907/2006) is the European Union’s chemical regulation that came into force on 1 June 2007 and will be phased in over an 11 year period (until 2018). Manufacturers and importers are required to register substances they produce or import in quantities over 1 ton per year.

Vigortec has met the pre-registration requirement deadline of December 1, 2008. Vigortec is committed to meeting all future REACH requirements.

Information on Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC)

Suppliers of articles must provide recipients with information on Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) if those are present above a concentration limit of 0.1% on an article level.  SVHC will be defined through the list of candidate substances for authorization that will be produced by the European Chemicals Agency.

The first SVHC candidate list was published on October 28, 2008.  Vigortec products have been reviewed for SVHC at the article level and no SVHC are present above the concentration limit of 0.1% (by weight) at a mass/volume of 1 ton per year that is manufactured or imported into the EU.

Vigortec will ensure that all SVHC, if applicable, are notified to the European Chemicals Agency to comply with this and any future REACH requirements.