REACH Authorization and Restriction
Supporting aerospace and defense companies in navigating REACH Authorization to ensure supply chain continuity.
Introduction
The EU REACH Regulation prohibits the supply or use of certain chemical substances within the European Economic Area (EEA) unless the user, or a supplier in the same supply chain, has an Authorization in place. Several of these substances are used in numerous products and applications critical to production, operation and maintenance in the aerospace and defense (A&D) industry. Failure to have in place the necessary Authorization(s) may interrupt continuity at any point in the supply chain, which could be catastrophic to our industry sector.
To support continuity of supply and the continued use of certain key substances, we need help to identify every point in the supply chain at which these substances are supplied or used. WG5 carries out supply chain mapping activities to better understand the risk associated with specific substances.
Meet the Leaders
Joseph McCarthy
Lead
Leonardo
Michelina Molongoski
Co-Deputy Lead
RTX
Abhishek Kulkarni
Co-Deputy Lead
Boeing
Purpose
- Create a body of knowledge and expertise in the international aerospace and defence (A&D) industry to support REACH Authorisation activities for global business continuity.
Benefits
- Access to WG5-proprietary intelligence, essential for informed decision-making regarding REACH Authorization
- Access to experience and knowledge of members and service providers regarding Authorization process and application content
- Process efficiencies through consistency of approaches and argumentation.
- Identification of potential providers of consortia management and technical expertise.
- Access to white papers on the A&D industry relating to Authorization, including streamlined standard overviews of the Change Management Process and airworthiness approval scheme to be used for education and future Authorization dossiers.
Initial Objectives
- Regularly assessing substances that are actually or potentially subject to EU REACH Authorization, including Candidate List substances, and identifying substances in use in the aerospace and defense industry that may require Authorization, in order to assist WG5 members to protect business/industry continuity
- Conduct market and supply chain analyses of Substances of Interest using selected service providers.
- Develop tools for use by WG5 Members, including supply chain mapping reports and pre-screened service providers for members’ use when launching independent Authorization consortia.