OREANDA-NEWS. December 22, 2010. Metinvest has successfully completed the registration of all its products under European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use (EC 1907/2006, REACH).

The products of Metinvest Group enterprises have passed the REACH registration procedure and obtained in late November registration numbers for all the dossiers submitted earlier to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), having secured thereafter the unimpeded supplies of Metinvest’s products to users in the European Economic Area (EEA) after November 30, 2010.

Following the requirements of REACH and its amendments (Commission Regulation No. 453/2010) the Safety Data Shits (SDS) have been compiled in accordance to the new European format, the SDS database is being created that will enable users to access the SDS’s through the corporate web-site of Metinvest Group.

Along with REACH Metinvest is actively implementing the requirements of European Regulation No 1272/2010 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP) according to which all the substances and mixtures to be shipped to the EU and subject to REACH registration in 2013 and 2018 must have undergone notification in ECHA by January 3rd, 2011.

Metinvest enterprises have the reputation of being among the top-ranked suppliers to the EU market with the products that are widely used in various industries of European countries. European segment of the market is of priority for the company’s development what makes the strict following the procedures and regulations existing in this market be of a strategic importance for Metinvest.