WSP provide a dedicated and confidential Only Representative service for non-EU based companies to register substances on their behalf. We tailor our service to your company’s exact needs and can work with you on some or all of the following:

• Identify substances you require to register
• Execute all aspects of the pre-registration process
• Safeguard your interests by participating in the relevant Substance Information Exchange Forums and Consortia
• Classify substances according to Globally Harmonized System for classification and labeling
• Communicate with downstream users to identify uses and develop exposure scenarios where necessary
• Submit registration dossiers
• Distribute safety data sheets and subsequent updates to downstream users
• Track volumes of your substances imported into the EU

We can help you assess your vulnerability to the legislation and raise awareness of this impact at management level in your organisation. By bringing together the relevant people in your organisation we can help you understand and tackle the issues, which include:

• Establishing an inventory of the chemicals purchased, manufactured and sold, which fall under REACH.
• Estimating the cost to take chemicals through REACH.
• Assessing the potential for materials to be withdrawn from the market if a supplier has not registered any constituent chemicals.

It is essential that your business communicates with your suppliers to ensure they are aware of the implications of REACH and their obligations. You need to be reassured that the chemicals they use in the products you purchase, have been registered.

WSP Environmental can assist your business with these communications to your suppliers. We can conduct Vulnerability Assessments; advise suppliers on REACH and how to comply; and maintain regular dialogue with suppliers to ensure they continue to register chemicals.

REACH will require you to have good communication with any business downstream in the supply chain. As well as the supply of Safety Data Sheets and Chemical Safety Reports, downstream users of chemicals will need to pass information on the use and exposure of the chemicals back up the supply chain. WSP Environmental can assist in the implementation of effective Product Stewardship programmes.

With in-house toxicology expertise, WSP Environmental can help you gather the necessary data for REACH and identify any gaps in the data. Where data is missing we can assess the likely costs to gain the appropriate information and also position any case for not conducting the tests.

Chemical manufacturers and importers, involved with the same chemicals, will need to become part of a Substance Information Exchange Forum. This enables these businesses to share information and carry out tests together in a more cost effective manner.

WSP Environmental, as a specialist consultant, can represent non-EU businesses on these consortia, as it is recognised that these organisations will not have such easy access to the information and resources available compared to companies operating within the EU.

WSP Environmental has in-house laboratory facilities which are UKAS and MCerts accredited. This dedicated facility is capable of performing some of the testing required by REACH and can liaise with other suitable testing providers on your behalf.

WSP Environmental can assist your business in the compilation and submission of the dossiers required to register chemical substances under REACH for submission to the European Chemicals Agency.