REACH enforcement project shows non-compliance | LOM Handhavingsportaal

As part of the EU Member States joint project to assess companies' compliance with the REACH regulation, the REACH-EN-FORCE project has been carried out. The specific objective of the project was to investigate the companies' compliance towards the pre-registration and specific requirements applicable to the safety data sheets (SDS) obligations. Based on the project’s report presented by the Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement, non compliance with REACH obligations was found in 24% of the 1.600 inspected companies. Most non-compliance cases were related to minor errors. A more serious error concerning infringement of Article 5, the ‘no data, no market’ provision, was found in 2.6% of the companies investigated. The enforcement project resulted in three cases of a criminal complaint, 12 cases of fines and 169 cases of an administrative order. The enforcement project has been extended to spring 2011 in order to assess compliance with the first registration deadline of 30 November 2010.