ARGE supports its members in complying with European Union’s REACH regulation
REACH is a regulation of the European Union, adopted to improve the protection of human health and the environment from the risks that can be posed by chemicals. REACH is considered to be one of the most complex EU regulations which enterprises within the EU/ EEC have to comply with.
ARGE Sustainability Guide
The ARGE agenda is explained in our Introductory Guide to the European Wide Sustainability Agenda. You can now download this guide below.
Use of nickel for keys
Since Q1/2017 ARGE has been lobbying against the proposal of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to restrict the use of nickel in keys. Recently, the European Commission and ECHA decided to discontinue the preparation of a guideline which would have extended the presently existing restriction of the use of nickel. As a result, the threat that nickel would be restricted for the use in keys is averted for the time being.
The heavy metal lead (Pb) and building hardware
On 27th June 2018 the heavy metal lead (Pb) was added to REACH’s ‘Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern for authorisation’ (‘Candidate List of SVHC’). As lead is used in alloys of which various components of building hardware...
