The REACH Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 has entered into force on 1 June 2007. From this date a number of different measures have to be taken which also concern the Wieland Group.

In the following you will find some information on the REACH implementation process at the Wieland-Werke AG and in the Wieland Group respectively.

• REACH contact persons at Wieland
• Pre-registration
• Registration
• Communication in the supply chain and downstream users
• Candidate list - list of substances subject to authorisation (Annex XIV of the REACH Regulation)
• Definition: Substance, preparation and article
• Definition: REACH and waste legislation
• Safety Data Sheets (SDS) / Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
• Further information
• Links

The "Department Corporate EHS and Standardization Affairs" is the central contact point for REACH enquiries and the replying to REACH questionnaires.

Contact person:

Dr. Stefan Priggemeyer
Phone: +49 (0)731 944-2794

We have pre-registered all metals used in quantities of more than one tonne per year in the Wieland Group to be able to benefit from the transitional periods for the registration defined in the REACH Regulation.

In July 2008, Wieland-Werke AG pre-registered a total of 27 metals , including:

With entering into force of the REACH Regulation deadlines have been defined on which substances - depending on their classification and the tonnages produced or imported annually - have to be registered.

As importer of several metals from non-EU countries we are under the obligation to register these metals. In the first registration phase we have registered copper, nickel and zinc. Wieland is a member in the consortia of these metals. Additionally, the metals lead and tin will be registered on the basis of a "Letter of Access (LoA)" in the "second registration phase".

For metals imported from EU countries we are regarded as a downstream user. In such cases we make sure that our suppliers have registered the respective metals. We will also ensure that the manufacture of semi-finished products is covered by the respective registration dossiers.

According to Annex IV and V of the REACH Regulation we are under the obligation to submit information on the use and exposure of downstream uses to our metal suppliers and/or the authors of the registration dossier.

Substances of very high concern (SVHC) are regarded as substances subject to authorisation under the REACH Regulation. They are listed in Annex XIV (List of Substances Subject to Authorisation) of the REACH Regulation.

On 28 October 2008, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published the first draft candidate list on its website. The latest update of the candidate list took place on 19 December 2011. The current candidate list can be viewed at:

ECHA - candidate list

By Regulation (EU) 143/2011 of 17 February 2011, the European Commission has included the first 6 substances in the Annex XIV of the REACH Regulation.

The substances listed on the candidate list as well the substances listed in Annex XIV are not contained in our articles!

With reference to current legislation we also point out that the metals used in our company do not meet the further criteria in Article 57 of the REACH Regulation for inclusion in Annex XIV.

According to Article 33 of the REACH Regulation we fulfil our duty of communication towards our customers unprompted in case substances of very high concern (SVHC) are contained in one of our articles in a concentration of more than 0.1%.

The IMDS of the automotive industry can be used to fulfil this duty of communication. Automobile manufacturers have pointed out that the communication of SVHCs do not refer to the manufacturing process of a component but only to the constituents of the component.

According to the current definition of substance/preparation and article in the "Guidance on requirements for substances in articles" (RIP 3.8) Wieland's definition - according to the Cu-REACH Consortium - is as follows:

• cast billets/slabs are substances or, in case of copper alloys, preparations
• semi-finished products including precision cast products as well as bushings and shells are defined as articles.

Position of the copper industry (PDF, 60 KB)

Waste that leaves our company and has up to now been subject to the waste regime continues to be subject to the waste regime.

Whether unmixed scrap is henceforth to be regarded under the REACH Regulation is still under discussion.

With the coming into force of the REACH Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 on 1 June 2007 the 91/155/EEC directive (Information on Safety Data Sheets) has been repealed.

The REACH Regulation defines the requirements concerning Safety Data Sheets und establishes the prerequisites concerning the legal obligations to provide Safety Data Sheets.

For articles, there is no legal obligation to provide Safety Data Sheets.

As our semi-finished products and our finished products are considered as articles according to the REACH Regulation, we will no longer provide Safety Data Sheets. Instead, an “Information Sheet for Articles” with respective data will be made available to our costumers on a voluntary basis.

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) according to the U.S. Hazard Communication Standard 29 CFR 1910.1200 will still be provided unchanged to our customer.

In helping to answer further questions we have compiled some useful Internet links to REACH and the REACH helpdesks.

We shall keep you informed here on further developments regarding REACH at Wieland.

REACH helpdesks and general REACH information

• http://reach.bdi.info/
• http://reach-net.com/
• http://www.baua.de/de/Chemikaliengesetz-Biozidverfahren/Neue-Chemikalienpolitik/Helpdesk/Reach-Helpdesk.html
• http://www.reach-helpdesk.info/
• http://www.reach.baden-wuerttemberg.de/
• http://www.reach-info.de/
• http://www.reachcentrum.org/
• Questions and Answers on the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the REACH Regulation (PDF, 0.1 MB)
• http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/reach/reach_intro.htm
• http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment/eu-reach-law-enters-force-amid-controversy/article-164165

REACH regulation

• Europe - Eur-lex

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

• http://ec.europa.eu/echa/