Webinar Series: The Impact of the REACH Regulation on Electronics

September 10, 2007

European Union

This series of online presentations, taken from a recent seminar by law firm Hunton & Williams, details how the European Union's new REACH regulation effects the electronics industry.

Webinars published to date

Click below to launch a webinar. Each webinar is between 30 to 60 minutes in length.

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This completes the REACH webinar series. EIATRACK will continue to keep members up to date on any further developments on this topic,  watch EIATRACK's Reg Alerts and Bulletins for updates.

Seminar agenda

The seminar included the following presentations. These will made available for online viewing via the links above over the next weeks.

• 1. Introduction to REACH -- Turner T. Smith
• - what regimes are most relevant to electronics exporters to the EU?
• - what regimes are most relevant to electronics producers in the EU?
• - what are REACH's implications for global companies?
• what opportunities does REACH present to electronics companies?
  
  
• 2. The Articles-Preparation Distinction -- David van Hoogstraten
  
  
• why does it matter?
• what are the relevant criteria?
• which electronics might be considered preparations?
  
  
• Registration of Substances in Articles -- Intentional Releases (Art.7.1)
  
• - how is the concept of "intentional release" defined?
• - what criteria will be used to determine whether there is an intentional release?
• - which electronics might be deemed to intentionally release chemicals?
• - what are the exemptions?
  
  
• 3. Registration & Pre-Registration -- Lucas Bergkamp
  
  
• what data are required and when?
• what is the benefit of pre-registration?
• how do SIEFs and data-sharing work, what are the risks, and how can one protect itself??
  
  
• 4. Notification (Art. 7.2) -- David van Hoogstraten
  
  
• when is notification required?
• to which substances does this regime apply?
• what are the triggers of notification?
• what are the exemptions?
  
  
• 5. Supply Chain Issues -- Lucas Bergkamp
  
  
• what implications does REACH have for dealing with suppliers (contracts/cerification)?
• what implications does REACH have for dealing with customers (contracts/certification)?
• what are the risks in respect of IP, competition law, etc.?
  
  
• 6. Conclusions -- Turner T. Smith
  
  
• How to manage REACH
• What Electronics Companies should be doing now
  

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