The Only Representative - Legal Framework & Service Agreement
● Definition : Only representative of a non-Community manufacturer [Article 8]
1. A natural or legal person established outside the Community who manufactures a substance on its own, in preparations or in articles, formulates a preparation or produces an article that is imported into the Community may by mutual agreement appoint a natural or legal person established in the Community to fulfil, as his only representative, the obligations on importers under this Title.
2. The representative shall also comply with all other obligations of importers under this Regulation. To this end, he shall have a sufficient background in the practical handling of substances and the information related to them and, without prejudice to Article 36, shall keep available and up-to-date information on quantities imported and customers sold to, as well as information on the supply of the latest update of the safety data sheet referred to in Article 31.
3. If a representative is appointed in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2, the non-Community manufacturer shall inform the importer(s) within the same supply chain of the appointment. These importers shall be regarded as downstream users for the purposes of this Regulation.
The only representative takes over all EU importer obligations under REACH [2007- 2022].
● REACH Quotation for the Only Representative (OR) Services :
● Pre-registration assistance and consultancy services
B-Lands Consulting is providing services for the preparation of Pre-registration and Registration dossiers, REACH dossiers submission through IUCLID5 to the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) [Helsinki, Finland].
For non-EU manufacturers, B-Lands Consulting is extending ONLY REPRESENTATIVE services, that is the legal frame [Article 8] for achieving REACH compliance through a REACH proxy legally based in EU.
For EU manufacturers, EU importers , B-Lands Consulting is extending THIRD PARTY REPRESENTATIVE services, that is the legal frame [Article 4] for conducting data sharing on behalf of a registrant, that is, protecting the registrant identity from competitors.
The company also provides additional services for the updating/upgrading of the (Material) Safety Data Sheets issued by chemicals suppliers through the supply chain, as well as, the generation of the Chemical Safety assessments (CSA), Chemical Safety Reports (CSR) for registrants and downstream users.
B-Lands Consulting is striving to offer flexible services on demand, to respond to the specificity of each Business model within the EU and worldwide.
Our broad expertise in the field allows us to offer one-stop REACH compliance services.
