REACH regulations will add new content once again faced the test of China shoes

It is noted that the EU REACH regulation of content in the near future may then increase the authorized substances by the end of the year or from the original 38 to 49, experts said, this means that export xieqi products exported to Europe, the total amount of authorized substances may not exceed 0.1%.

It is understood that this month on 30 June, EU REACH regulations will welcome the first formal registration deadline, at the same time, day, America, Korea and China chemicals regulations have been updated. China shoes as a labour-intensive industry, the products have the risk involved in chemicals quantity big, broad, diverse, and exports to the EU's xieqi foreign standards, regulations, etc. is not enough, not enough emphasis on allowing export enterprises in the face of the technical measures more passive, many enterprises to REACH cognition still exists on the approximation of the laws of certain misunderstandings, makes our footwear products export related bulletin and return abroad from time to time.

Statistics show that in the first quarter of this year, China exported to Europe and footwear products were informed about the recall total 31 group, compared with the same period last year increased by 40%, of which chemical hazard is footwear products were informed about the recall of the major reason why the proportion of all bulletin recall 82.48%.

In response to the REACH legislation, the industry believes that China shoes must speed up upgrading the industrial structure. REACH compliance program complex, broad, particularly export traditional, mass, low technical content for the main products of the enterprise, it is easy to encounter the technical regulations of barriers. On xieqi, to take full account of the chemical industry as well as upstream and downstream industries many changes, including the upgrading of industry, the production and development and management of change, management level, etc.

However, experts believe that despite the REACH regulations will become the European Union and a technical barriers, but the legislation on the development of related industries in China also have a positive meaning. Enterprises to take advantage of this opportunity, in accordance with the REACH regulation, to accelerate the enterprise product upgrade, by reference to international standards, improve production technology, improve product quality and environmental performance, but also maintain and enhance the competitiveness of exports.