EU REACH Regulations Will Add &Nbsp To Content; Chinese Shoe Companies Will Be Calm.

Against this background, last Friday, the United States footwear wholesale and retail association jointly organized the TUV South Deutsche group to conduct seminars on the requirements of environmental regulations and physical safety in Europe and the United States. The manager of the chemical testing department of Shenzhen South Deutsche group, the manager of the chemical testing department of the Shenzhen chemical company, made an explanation on the impact of REACH regulations on footwear enterprises and how the enterprises responded.

In recent years, with the implementation and updating of the EU REACH regulations, the footwear industry in China is a labor-intensive industry. The chemicals involved in the products involve a large amount of risk chemicals, a wide variety of products. In addition, the export enterprises in Europe do not attach enough importance to foreign standards and regulations, so that the export enterprises are more passive in the face of technical measures. Many enterprises still have some mistaken ideas about the REACH regulations, making China a country with a lot of misunderstandings.

According to official statistics from the United States and the European Union, the first quarter of this year, China's export footwear products were recalled by the United States and Europe in 31 batches, representing a sharp increase of 40% compared with the same period last year. Chemical hazards were the main reason for the recall of footwear products, accounting for 82.48% of the total recall.

Most of the two methyl fumarate (DMFu) exceeded the standard, accounting for a higher proportion of chemical recalls due to chemical hazards.

For example, in March 17, 2009, the directive issued by the European Union (2009/251/EC) required that products containing two methyl fumarate (DMFu) should not enter the market.

Germany has recalled that many Chinese shoes, including mountaineering shoes, sandals and baby shoes, have been recalled. The reasons for the recall are chemical hazards. The problem is on suede leather, shoelace, mould inhibitor, and even shoes mould.

Four steps to deal with regulations

First of all, enterprises should do a good job in collecting relevant data and information in advance.

If you want to determine if your product needs to be registered, what needs to be detected, which can be waived, which period of time the registered product is required to register, what data to register and so on, and strengthen communication links with upstream and downstream enterprises.

Second is to grasp the timing of implementation of REACH regulations.

For example, according to REACH regulations, pre registration has been completed by December 1, 2008, and no registered or pre registered substances are prohibited from entering the EU market.

But in fact, there are still some opportunities for pre registration. If we understand these, enterprises will not miss registration.

Third, we must rely on the strength of professional institutions.

Especially those SMEs who have no strength and energy to deal with REACH regulations and registration procedures independently, should take the initiative to rely on the strength of professional organizations and actively participate in relevant training of professional organizations.

Finally, we should accelerate the upgrading and upgrading of the industrial structure.

REACH laws and regulations are complicated and involve a wide range, especially enterprises that export traditional, bulk and low technology content as the main products.

For shoe enterprises, we should give full consideration to the changes in the chemical industry and the upstream and downstream industries, including upgrading and upgrading of the industry, production and research and development, and changes in management concepts and the improvement of management level.

Although the REACH regulations will become another technical barrier to the European Union, this regulation will also have positive significance for the development of related industries in China.

Enterprises should take advantage of this opportunity to accelerate the upgrading of enterprise products in accordance with the requirements of REACH regulations, improve production processes, improve product quality and environmental performance according to international standards, which is also an effective way to maintain and improve the competitiveness of export products.

On REACH regulations

The EU formally implemented the regulation of registration, evaluation, licensing and restriction of chemicals (REACH regulations) in June 1, 2008, which seriously affected the export of EU products from all over the world, including China.

Production and export enterprises must register their products with the European Union (pre), otherwise they will prohibit exports from more than 1 tons / year.

The REACH regulations are the most influential ones in history, involving the most industries, and the most complicated ones.