REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) substances form a part of the over-arching RSL. This European Union legislation is meant to further improve the protection of human health and the environment. It applies to all suppliers (inside and outside of Europe) that want to sell, import or manufacture chemicals and/or products containing certain chemicals within the EU.
We support REACH’s objective of further improving the European Union’s regulation on chemicals. Our chemical suppliers (pre)register the chemicals they supply to us, in order to ensure compliance and prevent interruption of the supply flow. The limited number of chemicals that we produce and import has already been entered into the pre-registration process. Additionally, we have requested our component or finished products suppliers to provide us with information on the relevant chemicals in their products. This allows us to provide our customers and consumers with information about “substances of very high concern” (SVHC) from REACH’s candidate SVHC list. The table below indicates which substance(s) of very high concern (SVHC) may be present in our products above the threshold level of 0.1% by weight of an article. Based on our current knowledge and supplier information, the following SVHCs are present in our articles.