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<strong>REACH</strong> Guidance <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>European</strong> <strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Industry</strong><br />

7 Annex IV: ECHA <strong>REACH</strong> Technical Guidance<br />

The following <strong>REACH</strong> technical <strong>guidance</strong> documents are available from <strong>the</strong> ECHA and <strong>REACH</strong><br />

Navigator websites. These aim to provide <strong>the</strong> necessary tools/in<strong>for</strong>mation to ensure that <strong>the</strong><br />

obligations and <strong>the</strong> requirements of <strong>REACH</strong> are effectively administered.<br />

The ECHA website contains 5 main elements:<br />

About <strong>REACH</strong> gives an overview of <strong>the</strong> processes <strong>for</strong>eseen by <strong>REACH</strong>, its scope and <strong>the</strong> main<br />

obligations of <strong>the</strong> actors involved in <strong>REACH</strong>:<br />

• Navigator<br />

is an IT-tool to help industry determine its obligations under <strong>REACH</strong><br />

• Guidance documents<br />

provides <strong>the</strong> Guidance Documents on <strong>REACH</strong> processes and methods, to be used by industry<br />

and authorities.<br />

• Formats<br />

contains <strong>the</strong> key templates that industry and authorities can use in <strong>the</strong> context of <strong>REACH</strong> (e.g.<br />

<strong>for</strong>mat <strong>for</strong> Chemical Safety Report, <strong>for</strong>mat <strong>for</strong> Substance Evaluation Report, <strong>for</strong>mats <strong>for</strong> Annex<br />

XV dossiers)<br />

• Legislation<br />

contains different legislative texts related to EU chemicals policy, in particular <strong>the</strong> <strong>REACH</strong><br />

Regulation in all official languages of <strong>the</strong> EU<br />

Guidance mainly <strong>for</strong> <strong>Industry</strong> Use:<br />

• Guidance on registration<br />

• Guidance on pre-registration<br />

• Guidance on data sharing<br />

• Guidance <strong>for</strong> intermediates<br />

• Guidance <strong>for</strong> monomers and polymers<br />

• Guidance on Scientific Research and Development (SR&D) and Product and Process<br />

Oriented Research and Development (PPORD)<br />

• Guidance on Classification and Labelling notification<br />

• Guidance on requirements <strong>for</strong> substances in articles<br />

• Guidance <strong>for</strong> Downstream Users<br />

• Guidance on <strong>the</strong> preparation of an application <strong>for</strong> authorisation<br />

• Guidance on <strong>the</strong> different methods under <strong>REACH</strong><br />

• Guidance <strong>for</strong> identification and naming of substances in <strong>REACH</strong><br />

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