REACH – The Textiles Uses-Descriptor
25 November 2009
Downstream Users of Chemicals to Identify their Uses to their Suppliers before
the 30th of November Using the Textiles Uses-Descriptor as a Practical Implementation Tool
Downstream Users of Chemicals to Identify their Uses to their Suppliers before
the 30th of November Using the Textiles Uses-Descriptor as a Practical Implementation Tool
The uses –descriptor for the textile industry attached herein resulted from the grouping of a
number of national projects under the auspices of Euratex and TEGEWA. Euratex would
urge you to forward the explanation note and the uses-descriptor to all your member
companies. Please note that this is a tool that was designed specially for the companies in
the textile sector to help them implement REACH in a less burdensome way and with no
costs.
Attachments: Textile Uses-descriptor
Explanation note to member associations and their members
As part of EURATEX ongoing campaign to raise awareness in industry of its duties under REACH, we would like to draw your attention to the upcoming deadline of 30 November 2009 applicable to Downstream Users of chemicals under REACH. By this date users of chemicals should have informed their suppliers about the uses that the users would like to see covered in the relevant registrations. This deadline applies to chemical substances that need to be registered by 30 November 2010 by their manufacturers or importers (laid down in art. 37(3) paragraph 2 of the REACH Regulation). Failure to inform a supplier by the deadline could mean that the downstream user must perform his own safety analysis under REACH.We invite you to makesure that appropriate action is being taken on the subject in your Association if not done already.
European Apparel and Textile Confederation
24 rue Montoyer – B – 1000 Brussels
phone: + 32.2.285.48.80 – Fax : +32.2.230.60.54
e:mail : info[at]euratex.org
Web-site : www.euratex.org
24 rue Montoyer – B – 1000 Brussels
phone: + 32.2.285.48.80 – Fax : +32.2.230.60.54
e:mail : info[at]euratex.org
Web-site : www.euratex.org