We hereby wish to inform our customers about the activities undertaken with the aim to reach the compliance with the above mentioned Regulation. As far as the Pre-Registration phase (due to expire) is concerned, our suppliers have informed us that at the moment there should be no problems in the supplying of the articles, substances and preparations which are necessary for the provision of your products. In order to have more guarantees, we have added a specification concerning the compliance with the above mentioned Regulation on our purchase orders and on the general terms of purchase. Moreover, we asked our suppliers to send us, on the occasion of the first review, the up-to-date Safety data sheet of every supplied substance or preparation; anyway we already have at our disposal the up-to-date Safety data sheets of the main preparations (rubber compounds) and the main substances used in the production processes. We also asked our suppliers to verify if in the supplied articles, preparations or substances there is the presence of SHVC substances as indicated by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) at the following Web address: http://echa.europa.eu/chem_data/candidate_list_table_en.asp. The first checks have not highlighted any presence of SHVC, otherwise, should the suppliers inform us about the presence of these substances, we will immediately inform you. Our category association (Rubber-Plastic Federation) is also following the future updates of the candidate-list, and will inform us and our supplier straightaway about any possible variation. Finally, we sent to all the concerned suppliers a specific declaration for the above mentioned Regulation asking them to send it back signed; we therefore expect to receive the answers in a short time. As far as the first Registration deadlines are concerned, it is your opportunity to indicate us, in compliance with the issued guidance, the use of the articles supplied to you, so that we can ask the actors in the supply chain for the exposure scenarios. At this day, for the description of use you can consult the following guidance: http://reach.jrc.it/docs/guidance_document/information_requirements_r12_en.pdf. evertheless, we suppose that in the course of the year 2009 other guidances will be issued and it is therefore necessary that you keep yourself well-informed about it. In case you cannot communicate us the use of the articles, the Regulation provides for the possibility for you to carry out the Registration. We finally would like to remind you that the REACH Responsible for Tecnogomma International Tecnogomma International Spa and Tecnogomma International Tre Srl is Mr. Davide Polini and you can contact him at the e-mail address: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Management System Manager