Sweden embarks on major nationwide chemicals enforcement project

Sweden has launched a nationwide enforcement project to check if product suppliers are complying with the REACH Article 33 requirement to provide recipients with information on hazardous chemicals in articles. More than 100 inspectors from over 60 municipalities have been trained for the work which will be carried out during 2019, the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate (Kemi) said. The results will be published in the early part of 2020. Article 33 stipulates that suppliers will provide recipients of articles containing substances of very high concern (SVHCs) with information to allow their safe use. This includes every article incorporated as a component of a complex product. They are also obliged to give the same information, free of charge, to consumers within 45 days of receiving a request.