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Generate and Send a DRC under EU REACH

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Declarations of REACH Conformity are formal declarations that the product to which it applies meets all relevant REACH requirements. DRCs are produced by manufacturers and are supplied to the downstream users of the product, so they can be assured that the product they are using is "REACH compliant". Below is a preview of a generated DRC document. The appearance of DRCs can be customised - contact support@activesteward.com for more information.

Warning

There are several prerequisites before sending a DRC:

  1. There must be an entity linked to the product. The link must have one of the following Business Roles assigned; Downstream user / Importer of Record / Non-EU Distributor.
  2. The product must be associated to a "Business Unit".
  3. The linked entity must have a linked contact.
  4. The product must have a "Product Type" assigned.
  5. The registration information for the top-level constituents of the product must be complete.

1. 👆 Navigate to Products 👉 Select a Product from the list.

2. 👆 Navigate to the Entities tab.

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Ensure the "Business Role" selected when linking the entity is one of the following:

  • Downstream user.
  • Importer of Record.
  • Non-EU Distributor.

Associate a Business Unit

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The address that is linked to the product must have the "Type" / "Relationship" as "Business Unit". The address must also be associated with the Entity that was linked in the above steps. If the entity does not have a "Business Unit", follow this tutorial to create one: Create a Business Unit.

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Here the contact is linked by Product → Entity → Contact, rather than Product → Contact as seen in other tutorials. This means that the selectable contacts here are limited to those that are associated with this entity. If no contact yet exists: Create a Contact.

Set the "Product Type"

6. 👆 Navigate to the Regulatory tab 👉 EU REACH 👉 Registration 👉 Click "EDIT".

7. 👆 Select an option for the "Product Type" 👉 Click "SAVE".

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Note that the "Business Unit" on this page was populated when completing step 4.

Fill out Registration Information

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On this page there is a table that displays the "Registration Status of Top Level Constituents". The column for "Registration" indicates if the constituent is registered. For a DRC, this column can either be a blue or green tick. (The constituent must either be registered or exempt).

8. If the Constituent is not registered (indicated by a red warning icon), then 👆 Click its name to navigate to the constituent record.

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Clicking this link will open the regulatory tab on that constituent record.

9. 👆 Expand the registration status section 👉 Click "EDIT"

10. ✍️ Fill in the "Registration Number" and "Role" fields - these are the mandatory fields for generating a DRC 👉 Click save.

11. 👉 Follow the above steps for all the top level constituents until all have either a green or blue tick.

Generate DRC

12. 👆 Scroll down to the "Declarations of Reach Conformity" table 👉 Click "Prepare".

13. After the DRC has been prepared, it will be available for 📥 download in the "View DRC" column. The creation date will automatically be populated.

Send DRC

14. 👆 Click "Send" to open up the DRC wizard.

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The contacts that the DRC can be sent to are the ones linked in step 5.