Automotive REACH Compliance
Automotive REACH Overview
The EU REACH regulation came into effect on June 1, 2007 and was implemented on June 1, 2008, and applies to all industries. The automotive industry includes manufacturers and importers of articles (screws, fasteners) or complex objects (such as cars, engines, bumpers), importers of preparations (such as engine oil in the United States) and importers of substances (such as elemental magnesium in Australia). Automobiles are one of the most complex "articles" defined under the EU REACH regulation. A car usually contains about 1,500 assembly parts and countless homogeneous materials. In addition to functional parts, cars also contain a variety of oil mixtures. In addition, the automotive supply chain is also larger than other industries. The production of a car model can involve up to 500 first-tier suppliers.
Necessity of automotive REACH
As more and more automakers sell cars to the European market, meeting the increasingly stringent environmental regulations in the European market has become an urgent problem for domestic automakers and even the entire automotive industry chain. As the most extensive control regulation for chemicals in Europe, REACH (Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) has put forward a number of clear requirements for automotive products entering the European market, including prohibiting the use of specific substances in automotive materials and requiring vehicle manufacturers to transmit or report information on SVHC substances of high concern in automotive parts. European regulators have also been conducting more frequent REACH compliance reviews of products sold on the market, and have taken severe punishment measures such as fines and product recalls for non-compliant products.
Automotive Industry REACH Guideline (AIG)
Automotive Industry REACH Guideline (AIG)
Automotive Industry Guideline on reach (V4.1)

Prepared with the participation of stakeholders from member states and non-governmental organizations of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), it provides guidance on REACH processes and methods for use by the industry and competent authorities, and provides the latest guidance for the global automotive industry to enter the EU market and respond to REACH regulations.
Complete vehicles and parts exported to the EU must comply with the requirements of reach SVHC, with the relevant substances less than 0.1%. If the limit is exceeded, there is a need to bear the obligation to report and inform.
Responsibilities and Responses
Registration: For substances, preparations and articles that are intentionally released, if the annual export tonnage exceeds 1 ton, it is necessary to fulfill the registration obligation, that is, submit all relevant data of the product (substance), including physical and chemical, toxicological and ecotoxicological data, to the European Chemicals Agency to evaluate the safety of the product (substance).
Evaluation: The evaluation is to prevent unnecessary vertebrate animal experiments. The evaluation mainly includes dossier evaluation and material evaluation.
Authorization: The production and import of chemical substances with certain hazardous characteristics and that have attracted great attention from people need to obtain authorization.
Restrictions: All products, i.e. substances, preparations and articles must comply with the requirements for toxic and hazardous substances in Annex XVII.
Information transmission: For substances of very high concern (SVHC) in articles and some substances or preparations with hazard classification. Exporting companies have the responsibility and obligation to screen out substances of very high concern that may be contained in products, provide the classification of substances or preparations, and transmit information to downstream to ensure the safety of end users.
Notification: If the product contains substances of very high concern (SVHC) under REACH regulations, when the mass fraction of SVHC exceeds 0.1% and the annual export volume exceeds 1 ton, the manufacturer or importer needs to fulfill the obligation to notify the substance.
Service scope
Vehicle REACH compliance program
REACH registration, authorization, and notification services
REACH risk assessment
EU OR only representative services
SCIP notification services
SVHC and restricted substances testing services
SDS and labeling services and translation services
Notes
What substances/preparations does the company purchase from European suppliers and what are their uses?
What substances/preparations are imported from outside Europe?
Do the substances/preparations purchased by the company have safety data sheets/extended safety data sheets or not?
What are the substances that are intentionally released in the articles produced by the company in the European Economic Area?
What are the substances that are intentionally released in the articles imported by the company?
Which imported substances/preparations are hazardous according to the following standards?
Which articles contain hazardous substances?