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Welcome to Enzymes REACH Consortium

Industrial enzymes are used in a variety of applications, some of which require their registration ‎under the so-called REACH Regulation*.‎

Following a six-month month pre-registration phase (1 June to 1 December 2008) full registration ‎starts on December 2010 or later, depending on tonnage.‎
REACH requires, subject to certain exceptions, multiple registrants of the same substance to ‎share data and jointly submit part of the relevant registrations.‎

Manufacturers and importers of enzymes, recognizing that enzyme registration under REACH will ‎benefit from being discussed and coordinated, have created the Enzymes REACH Consortium ‎‎(ERC) with the overall purpose of facilitating a smooth REACH implementation, hereunder by ‎creating effective data sharing processes and a reduction of associated costs. To be in line with ‎the latest regulatory updates, Enzyme Reach Consortium has broadened its scope to also ‎cover UK and TURKEY REACH. ‎

ERC intends to discuss and develop a harmonized approach to aspects such as nomenclature ‎and classification, sameness, read across and data waiving.‎

The approach will be based on the common features that are shared by all enzymes.‎

Unlike many chemicals, enzymes are a unique set of substances that have predictable properties. ‎For instance, all enzymes are classified as respiratory sensitizers, regardless of their biological ‎source and catalytic activity.‎

 

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*Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).