One of the key aims of European regulators is to introduce and extend restrictions on the use of numerous substance groups. The appearance or movement of your chemical substances within global regulatory lists requires you to take action, for example, phasing out a certain substance from your product range or altering its concentration, as well as introducing specific workers' safety procedures. Our Horizon scanning tool can perform a substance inventory check and identify whether your substances appear on any global regulatory lists . It provides the results in a clear, easy-to-read report so that you can quickly determine the most recent status of your substances.

Organisations that manufacture or import biocidal products must have a valid biocidal product authorisation before the product is placed on the market. This needs to be done through the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) for products placed on the EU market, and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for products placed on the market in Great Britain (GB).

NCEC can assist with all aspects of the approval process, including sourcing and compiling the data required and submitting the information. For active substances and the products containing them, our team of experts can assist you with evaluating the studies used and guide you through the process to gain approval. Our experts have also created a comprehensive Biocidal Product Regulation Compliance Report that explains the practical steps that organisations need to take to meet the requirements for biocidal product authorisation, and active substance approval.

SDSs play a vital role in communicating hazard information about substances and mixtures throughout the supply chain. If this information is incomplete, important details may not be correctly conveyed, which can lead to potential accidents and an incorrect emergency response, posing risks to both people and the environment. 

Our technical team is equipped with years of regulatory experience and has close links to the regulatory bodies. We can provide SDS authoring that is compliant with globally recommended formats and translate SDSs into the languages you require. For those writing their own SDSs, we can undertake SDS compliance checks to provide reassurance that you are meeting industry standards and provide support and guidance to your internal team. We work closely with our customers to turnaround documentation within their timescales. We also offer a bespoke SDS training course that can be tailored to fit you/your regulatory team’s requirements. 

Our experts can also support businesses with correct labelling of safety and recycling information. This not only maintains compliance but also communicates the vital information about your product to your end user.    

Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation is continually being revised. By 2027, we expect to see significant new requirements for lead and joint registrants, which will impact all stages of the global supply chain. REACH Restriction and Authorisation activities can be extremely disruptive to businesses. For example, the proposed restriction on intentionally added microplastics is expected to have a significant impact on the agriculture sector. Understanding and mitigating the impact of these restrictions and complying with them is therefore critical for business continuity.

It is important to keep registration dossiers up to date to minimise the costs and potential disruption of REACH evaluation and enforcement activities. 
NCEC  provides technical guidance on all aspects of compliance with REACH. We can provide tailored registration support to meet your requirements and budget – from substance testing and chemical safety assessments, to dossier creation and submission, including Only Representative (OR) services. 

In addition, NCEC can provide a comprehensive advance warning of applicable Restrictions and Authorisations through our Horizon scanning service, our regulatory team at NCEC is ideally placed to support you throughout these processes.

Our experts can provide regulatory and scientific advice and tailor bespoke solutions to suit your specific needs, including a comprehensive quality review and update service for REACH dossiers.

Our environmental chemistry and toxicology experts are your trusted partners in chemical hazards and risk assessments. Our specialists combine their deep understanding of chemicals – including their fate and effects in the environment – with regulatory insight to provide our clients with superior outcomes, resilience and value.  
  
NCEC has considerable experience in placing, monitoring and evaluating regulatory tests. This includes standard and non-standard approaches assessing physicochemical, toxicological and environmental fate endpoints, and carrying out hazard and risk assessments in line with applicable regulations. We specialise in working with challenging and complex substances, and assessing the biodegradability, persistence and ecotoxicity of substances. We have the knowledge and experience to help you navigate the highly complex and evolving chemical assessment requirements.

The majority of companies involved in the carriage of dangerous goods by road – including the packing, loading and unloading of dangerous goods – are legally required to appoint at least one certified DGSA.

It can be challenging to train and maintain an in-house DGSA because they must pass a series of examinations before they can carry out their duties and they must also keep up to date with the latest changes to regulations. 

Whether you need a DGSA or you are a DGSA, NCEC can support you with all the regulatory requirements for transporting dangerous goods. Our team of DGSAs can guide you through the complex transport legislation and help you meet your regulatory obligations.  

With legislative requirements varying significantly across EU member states, and further divergence within the UK adding more complications to the process, the submission of data to poison centres can be a complex process. 

NCEC offers a full poison centre notification service and can tailor advice so that your portfolio is compliant across the EU and compliant with additional mandatory national requirements. We identify the specific data requirements for each Member State, relevant to your product range, and liaise with the appropriate appointed receiving body to notify this information. Our service is driven by years of experience of researching each Member State’s implementation of poison centre legislation and shaping poison centre policy through our work with the European Commission. 

Poison centres in Member States answer over half a million calls for support per year, however, they tend to redirect any non-medical calls to the manufacturer. If a poison centre redirects the call to you, you will have to consider if you have the capabilities to provide a 24-hour emergency response for your products. NCEC provides a Level 1 telephone emergency service which is available 24/7, 365 days of the year, through a network of international telephone numbers and local language speakers, so that it looks and feels like a local service. 

Any agricultural chemical incident could have a rapid and direct impact on the environment and on those using the product. It is therefore vital for agricultural businesses to have a robust emergency plan for incidents, and be able to demonstrate that they have the resources available to react quickly and effectively.

Unnecessary downtime caused by confusion over how to respond appropriately to an incident, or an overestimation of the potential hazards can exacerbate emergency situations and leave a business open to prolonged risk and disruption. Our service provides proportionate and timely advice through a 24/7 helpline, which deals with incidents quickly and appropriately and minimises downtime to business operations and risks to business performance. 

Our service is available 24/7, 365 days of the year through a network of international telephone numbers and local language speakers, so it looks and feels like a local service. Our team will consider your organisation’s needs, as well as any global regulations, and build a service to meet your specific requirements, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. We mitigate the impacts to people, the environment, assets and reputation, and provide a consistently high quality of response and transparency across global organisations. 

NCEC is the first choice for leading chemical businesses across the world for telephone emergency response. We provide callers who are at the scene of an incident with tailored and actionable advice underpinned by liability insurance, giving confidence in the advice that we offer.