Cognis Care Chemicals is well prepared for REACH

In December 2006 the European Parliament and the Council adopted a new Regulation concerning Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals, titled REACH (Reg. (EC) 1907/2006).

Cognis Care Chemicals plans to include all its in EU manufactured and imported Care Chemicals substances in the pre-registration process. To aid our customers who import Cognis products as ingredients in their final product into the EU, we plan to include in addition all Care Chemicals products manufactured at non-EU affiliates of Cognis in our pre-registration process. As a consequence, no REACH related issue is likely to occur using Cognis products from non EU-affiliates as ingredients as the transitional period given in the pre-registration process maintains a REACH related supply reliability till at least December 1, 2010.

Although decisions regarding the registration of a large number of the substances that we manufacture or import has already been made, others still require careful evaluation. We are confident that the transitional periods will give us and you, our customer, sufficient time to find satisfactory solutions in preparation for the respective registrations.

As Cognis is well prepared in the light of REACH, you are in a favourable position as our customer. As in the past, we at Cognis have worked continuously on safeguarding the quality and safety of our raw materials and products. Naturally, we will continue to do so in the future and ensure that our products can be used safely. Both in the purchase of raw materials and in the production processes, we consistently pursue our strategy of sustainable operations.

If you have further questions, please contact us at any time. However, please accept our apologies that we are not in a position at this point in time to respond in detail to the abundance of queries that we continue to receive.

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