Intertek, a provider of quality and safety services and ENVIRON, an international environmental consultancy and manager of the industry-led substances declarations web database www.BOMcheck.net, will be hosting a free webinar on the Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemical's (REACH) Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) and the expanded requirements of the draft new Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive, known as RoHS2.
The webinar - titled "Restricted and Declarable Substances: REACH, RoHS and Beyond" - will be held Tuesday, October 6, 2009 from 10.00am to 11.00am EDT.
"It will provide essential information on how companies can adopt cost-effective approaches to REACH and RoHS2 compliance, particularly following the release of a further draft REACH SVHC Candidate List and new risk assessment requirements for sample testing proposed under RoHS2. The webinar will highlight how equipment manufacturers and suppliers are working together to share a single substance declarations web database system and to maintain a common list of substances. The BOMcheck initiative includes Philips, Osram, Siemens, GE, Agfa, Texas Instruments, Epcos, FUJIFILM and many others."
Free registration and further details
The key issues to be covered during the webinar are:
· RoHS2 obligations for risk assessment of the level of sample testing required
· SVHCs on the draft new REACH Candidate List that can be found in hardware products and electrical and electronic equipment
· Industry-led substances declarations web database and common list of substances
· Material and product restricted and declarable substance screening and chemical testing
· Supplier conformance assurance systems