REACTING TO YOUR REGULATORY AND SCIENTIFIC NEEDS

BOOTMAN CHEMICAL SAFETY LTD

We are a UK-based consulting company, providing a wide range of scientific and regulatory services in the field of chemical safety assessment. We have particular knowledge of REACH and associated EU chemical control laws, and combine these with expertise in industrial toxicology, ecotoxicology and risk assessment to serve a worldwide client base. We are ready to work with you to meet the demands of chemical regulation.

BCS - Coronavirus Update

At BCS, the health of our staff and clients is important to us, and as a result the majority of our staff are working from home in line with the latest UK Government advice. We have also cancelled all travel plans for the immediate future and will aim to conduct all meetings via telephone/web conference. You can still contact us through all the usual channels (phone, email etc.) and we hope that everyone is ma...

Changes to UK REACH Statutory Instrument

The Statutory Instrument (SI) in relation to UK chemical regulations post Brexit has been recently updated. This is the second time the original SI has been updated and the changes made can be found here. A key change relates to the ability to ‘grandfather’ substances. Previously, if companies had a valid UK based registration they could grandfather existing substances as long as a registration was held by the UK en...

UK REACH after BREXIT

We’ve had a while without any BREXIT related updates, but in our opinion, it is looking increasingly likely that a “no-deal” exit is on the cards for October 31st. With that in mind, what is the current state of the legal texts for UK REACH? The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018sets the entry into force date for UK REACH as the day after exit day (now likely to be 1 November 2019) The following Statutory I...

BREXIT Uncertainty Rumbles On

Another month and we are still living in BREXIT limbo! Hopefully the politicians can finally get their act together and next week’s votes will provide some desperately needed certainty. On the plus side, ECHA have clarified procedures for UK companies to transfer registrations to an EU-27 legal entity where this is possible. (Link here). The ECHA window for beginning transfers is due to open on 12th March. ...

Still no certainty on BREXIT

As with many other industries, chemicals are not really any closer to knowing the answers before March 29th. UK government have published a draft of a Statutory Instrument to replace REACH (see here) but it is only a draft and it is still not clear when we will need it. This could be on March 29th (in the event of no-deal BREXIT) or after a transition period if we agree a deal. There is no sign yet of a publi...

The UK officially left the European Union at the end of January this year, with an UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement in place. As a result of this we are now in a transition period where essentially most EU rules and regulations continue to apply until 31st December 2020. As a UK based company dealing with European chemicals regulations the transition period and what may follow afterwards clearly impacts some of the work we do and can have major implications for our clients… Read More

The impact of chemical regulations on any business whether a manufacturer or user of chemicals can be very complex. Understanding the effects of chemicals on human health and the environment is the first step to ensuring safe use of your products; protecting your workers, your customers and the environment – we can offer wide-ranging service to meet your needs.
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Keeping up with ever-changing obligations on companies to comply with the latest hazard communication requirements is challenging; we can help you from production or review of safety data sheets, to classification and labelling and exposure scenarios …Read More

Appointing an Only Representative to fulfil your REACH registration obligations gives a non-EU manufacturer a degree of control over the REACH process, can simplify and reduce supply chain registrations and for EU importers can reduce the burden of complying with REACH. BCS is an experienced Only Representative and can help guide you through this process. … Read More