Chemical compliance
Navigating chemical regulations can be complex and time-consuming. We provide practical support to help businesses meet their compliance obligations, from transport and supply legislation to safety documentation and poison centre notifications. Our experienced advisors help you stay compliant without unnecessary cost or disruption.
We help companies navigate the growing complexity of global chemical regulations. As more countries develop their regulatory regimes, staying compliant can be increasingly challenging.
Our expert team of chemical compliance advisors specialise in chemical transport and supply legislation, including Classification, Labelling and Packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP), Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), and Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). We can save you time and provide cost-effective means of meeting your regulatory obligations.
Key benefits of our chemical compliance support
Ensure compliance
Remain compliant with key legislative drivers in the increasingly complex landscape of chemical regulation.
Specialist advisors
Chemical compliance advisors specialise in chemical transport and supply legislation, including CLP, GHS, and REACH.
Cost-effective solutions
We help you meet your regulatory obligations in ways that save time and minimise cost.
Dangerous goods transport advice
If you handle or receive chemicals, or transport them by road, you likely need a dangerous goods safety adviser (DGSA). It’s a legal requirement for anyone involved in loading, intermediate unloading, or transporting of dangerous goods.
The DGSA is often someone outside of your business who can act as a trusted, objective advisor, ensuring safety and compliance.
Our team of qualified dangerous goods safety advisors can act as your representative, auditing your operations, offering advice and recommendations, and providing you with the required annual report.
We also advise on chemical transport by road, air, sea, and inland waterways.
Safety data sheets and labels
We offer safety data sheet (SDS) compliance checks, product classification, and label text generation to meet regulatory standards.
Safety data sheets must accompany hazardous substances and mixtures and be written in the local language. They may require extended versions with exposure scenarios. Our authoring and translation service ensures you stay compliant across markets.
Poison Centre Notification (PCN)
If you're introducing a product to any of the European Union EU) member states which is a mixture classified as hazardous under the CLP regulation (based on their health and physical effects), then a Poison Centre Notification is required before placing the mixture on the EU market.
This notification has to be submitted by the importer, downstream user, or distributor of the hazardous chemical. However, if your company is in the UK and wants to provide this service for your clients who are based in the EU, then voluntary submission can be submitted.
We can help with the submission requirements and ensure compliance under annex VIII. Mixtures that are only classified as hazardous to the environment do not need to be notified.
EU member states must appoint an advisory body to receive and store information to assist "in the event of emergency health response" via Poison Centre Notifications. This helps support emergency response and must be accessible in the relevant national language.
Classification, Labelling and Packaging of chemicals
CLP
The Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) Regulation (CE 1272/2008) came into force in 2009.
It aligns the European Union system of classification, labelling and packaging of chemical substances and mixtures to the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
REACH
The Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation (EC 1907/2006) came into force in 2007.
Its aim is to improve the protection of human health and the environment through the better and earlier identification of the intrinsic properties of chemical substances.
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