This obligation does not formally apply to producers / exporters outside European Union, but it applies to their European customers, which would individually be obliged to conduct registration. In order to avoid that, a legal form of Only Representative was introduced, to represent non-EU producer before the ECHA.
Given that a significant portion of its products is exported to EU market, HIP-Petrohemija has conducted detailed research in order to comply in due time with all REACH requirements. Requested data on substances and their use, customers and suppliers have been collected and systemized, thus including HIP-Petrohemija in data exchange within the global European network of chemical manufacturers and users.
This enables further undisturbed placement and sale of HIP-Petrohemija products in the EU market.
Polymers (LDPE-HIPTEN®, HDPE-HIPLEX® and SBR-HIPREN®) are exempt from registration, but monomers and other substances that are included in the composition of polymers have to be registered.
HIP-Petrohemija thus confirms that all the products delivered to the customers are either registered, with registration statements issued by the suppliers, or contain substances exempt from REACH registration.
Manufacturers or importers of polymers must, however, submit a registration for the monomer substance or any other substance(s) in the final product.
We are hereby informing you that the monomer which we produce
Ethylene (CAS 74-85-1),
Propene (CAS 115-07-1) and
Buta-1,3-diene (CAS 106-99-0),
has been preregistered by REACHLaw, Istanbul,Turkey (HIP PETROHEMIJA´s Only Representative for Turkey).
Regarding the other substances we use in the production of our materials, we can confirm that all products supplied to customers contain substances that are preregistered or are KKDIK exempt.