From Colin Bonniface, Xmultiple.

Xmultiple have produced the following statement as a guide to its distributors/Customers on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical substances (REACH).

Xmultiple have produced the following statement as a guide to its distributors/Customers on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical substances (REACH).

The REACH document states that it is the responsibility of the importer to comply with REACH. All EU countries have a responsibility to comply.

ECHA has officially added 20 new substances to their Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). This brings the total number of chemicals listed to 73. Of the 20 new substances approved, 4-tert-octyl phenol is the first to be included due to its endocrine disrupting properties. This chemical is significant as it broadens the type of hazardous chemicals that ECHA is currently regulating.

Producers of the chemicals listed are required to notify ECHA by June 19, 2012 if any of the listed substances are present in quantities produced over 1 ton in a calendar year or the substance is present above a concentration of 0.1% weight by weight. Notification exemptions are applied if the substance is already registered for use or if exposure can be excluded.

Xmultiple will be releasing an updated REACH statement for our products in the coming days to reflect the new substances added to the SVHC list. Please watch our Newsroom in the coming days as we will announce when these documents will be publicly released.

The REACH document has two important parts concerning our connectors, Registration and Notification.

Registration

We have considered the document and do not believe that the importers of our connectors have a responsibility to register any substance with ECHA. The criteria to register are that the product is a substance or Article. The connectors are clearly an article and do not release any substances as part of their normal working function.

Notification

ECHA have officially released the list of the substances that must be notified to them if they are in our connectors.

Xmultiple uses third party companies to do the chemical analysis’s to check if any of these substances are in our connectors. Reach certifications are provided for each of our products, please call Xmultiple's office in your area.