REACH — Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
- Citation
- Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
- Jurisdiction
- EU
- Made by
- European Chemicals Agency
- Instrument
- Regulation
- Status
- In force
What it requires (3 obligations)
A substance on its own, in a mixture or in an article for which Annex XVII contains a restriction may not be manufactured, placed on the market or used unless it complies with the conditions of that restriction. The prohibition does not apply to manufacture, placing on the market or use in scientific research and development, and Annex XVII itself specifies where a restriction does not apply to product and process orientated research and development, with the maximum quantity exempted.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles, footwear
- Markets
- EU
The restriction reaches a substance IN AN ARTICLE, not only a substance sold as such — which is what puts a finished garment inside it. Annex XVII is the operative list and it moves independently of this Article; entries relevant to textiles include azo dyes, chromium VI in leather, nickel release, and the restriction on synthetic polymer microparticles added by Regulation (EU) 2023/2055. This record does not enumerate Annex XVII, so which entries bind a given product is a question about that Annex on the day.
Quoted from Article 67(1), consolidated text at the dated ELI route eli/reg/2006/1907/2025-01-01.
Any supplier of an article containing a candidate-list substance above 0,1 % weight by weight must provide the RECIPIENT of the article with sufficient information, available to the supplier, to allow safe use of the article — including, as a minimum, the name of that substance.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles, footwear
- Markets
- EU
This limb runs down the supply chain and is not triggered by any request — it is owed automatically to the recipient of the article. "Available to the supplier" bounds it: the duty is to pass on what is held, which is why it fails in practice at the point where nobody upstream was asked. The trigger is a substance meeting the Article 57 criteria AND identified under Article 59(1) — that is, on the candidate list — above 0,1 % w/w. The threshold is per article, which for a garment means the component rather than the finished product: a zip puller, a coating, a print.
Quoted from Article 33(1).
On request by a consumer, any supplier of an article containing a candidate-list substance above 0,1 % weight by weight must provide that consumer with sufficient information, available to the supplier, to allow safe use of the article — including at minimum the substance name — free of charge and within 45 days of receiving the request.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles, footwear
- Markets
- EU
Recorded separately from 33(1) because the trigger and the timing both differ: this one is owed to a CONSUMER, only on request, free of charge, and carries the only deadline in the Article — 45 days. A retailer with no answer ready has 45 days to obtain one from a supply chain that may never have been asked. The trigger is a substance meeting the Article 57 criteria AND identified under Article 59(1) — that is, on the candidate list — above 0,1 % w/w. The threshold is per article, which for a garment means the component rather than the finished product: a zip puller, a coating, a print.
Quoted from Article 33(2).
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