Products have a special status under REACH. There are certain conditions for producers, suppliers and users of products under REACH such as information and notification requirements and the obligation to register substances. The product itself must not be registered. However, there is a registration requirement, if a substance which is to be released exceeds the amount of this substance in the product by 1 ton per year. This figure includes the total amount of the substance in all products of the importer or producer. The total amount is composed of the released and of the amount that (still) remains into the product.

Companies that produce or deliver products, have also notification and information obligations to the customers, distributors, users or consumers of their products. In certain cases, there are also obligations towards the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). The information requirements are subject to those producers, processors and importers which use products containing substances of very high concern (SVHC) or deliver such products to a purchaser or consumer. Those substances may have carcinogenic or mutagenic characteristics or may be toxic to reproduction.

In the case of products contain more than 0.1 percent of SVHCs, the supplier provides the recipient of the article with information about the safe use of the article or, as a minimum, the name of the substance. The same information has to be provided to the consumer, but only upon his request. The information is to pass in the appropriate form to the customer. The transmission of information is usually done on paper (e.g. in the official language of the destination country). Moreover, it is possible to publish additional information on a website or to pass it via email.

REACh fundamentally differs in substance, mixture (preparations) and products. A substance is therefore a chemical element (such as metals and minerals). Mixtures or preparations are defined as a mixture, mixtures or solutions composed of two or more substances (e.g. lubricating oils). For producers of products and devices, however, the definition of products under REACh is very important. Accordingly, a product is an "object which is given a special shape, surface or design during production that determines its funktion even more than its chemical composition does. Products such as electrical and electronic equipment are therefore defined as products within the meaning of REACh. Thus, basically every company can be affected by REACh, whether as a producer, importer of equipment from the EU area or as a producer/importer of products. Also distributors of products are not exempt from the obligations under REACh.

Since REACh came into force producers and importers are responsible for the safety of the chemicals in their products. They even have to obtain and supply the necessary data to assess the riskiness of their products. You must demonstrate convincingly that all materials can be handled safely by all users and neither endanger the health of users or consumers nor contaminate the environment too much.