Downstream users

 

Companies or individual workers who use chemicals are called downstream users in REACH and CLP. This includes companies who manufacture goods or offer services where chemicals are not the main element of their business, such as food, construction or cleaning companies. The chemicals used typically include paints, metals, adhesives, solvents and cleaning agents.

Downstream users have a key role to play in advancing the safe use of chemicals by implementing safe use at their own site and communicating relevant information both to their suppliers and their customers.

These webpages describe how downstream users are affected by REACH and CLP. 

 

 

 About downstream users

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Who is a downstream user and what do they have to do?

More on downstream user responsibilities

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REACH includes requirements for downstream users to promote safe use of chemicals. 

Other issues affecting downstream users

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REACH registration, regulatory chemical control and other legislation also affect downstream users.

Tip: by clicking the tag "Downstream users" at the bottom of this and other pages, you will get an overview of the most relevant material on this website related to downstream users.