Polymer Requirements and Confidentiality Issues under REACH

3 Polymer Requirements and Confidentiality Issues under REACH 

Under EINECS, polymers were exempt from EINECS listing provided that they did not contain new monomers or other reactants. Under REACH, polymers meeting the EU definition of polymer are also exempt from registration, but the monomers and other reactants used to manufacture them must be registered even if the polymer is imported into the EU and these components are never present in unreacted form. This leads to complex issues involving normal business practices and confidentiality that are addressed in this chapter. 

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