REACH Requirements

REACH - Letter to Suppliers

GLOBAL CHEMICAL REGULATION

Pratt & Whitney continues to take a leadership role in the development of environmentally responsible products, services and operations.

The top priority of our Health & Safety programs is ensuring that employees remain healthy from hire to retirement, and our health and safety performance is considered an industry benchmark.

Pratt & Whitney Canada continues to invest in reducing waste products and eliminating toxic products in all our manufacturing facilities as well as when we collaborate and work with customers, suppliers and partners. We are committed to meeting the European REACH Regulations which mandate that we communicate information on specific substances used in our engines. The information in the Safe Use Documents below details these requirements:

REACH – Safe Use Documents

This product is an article, without intended release of a chemical substance, under the REGULATION (EC) No 1907/2006 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). This safe use document atisfies the REACH Article 33 Duty to communicate information on substances in articles.

Article 33

Duty to communicate information on substances in articles

Any supplier of an article containing a substance meeting the criteria in Article 57 and identified in accordance with Article 59(1) in a concentration above 0,1 % weight by weight (w/w) shall provide the recipient of the article with sufficient information, available to the supplier, to allow safe use of the article including, as a minimum, the name of that substance.

REACH Regulatory Compliance

Article 33 in the REACH regulation requires that safe use information be communicated for Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) when an article contains SVHCs in a concentration above 0.1 percent weight by weight (w/w). Pratt & Whitney has to date identified the following SVHCs at greater than 0.1 percent w/w in articles

SUPPLIER ASSESSMENT

To assess business continuity and compliance risk in our supply chain, Pratt & Whitney periodically conducts assessments of certain REACH aspects with select suppliers. The assessment questionnaire is periodically updated to reflect supply chain risk. The current version is available at:

Global Chemical Regulations and Materials of Concern | Pratt & Whitney

AUTHORIZATION

The REACH regulation requires authorization (Applications for authorisation – ECHA) to continue using materials listed in Annex XIV of the SVHC list (Authorisation List - ECHA) in the EEA beyond the designated 'Sunset Date'. Because many SVHCs currently lack suitable alternatives for use in aviation applications, UTC and PW are collaborating with other companies, forming consortia with them, to prepare an authorization request (Received opinions and prior consultations concerning authorisation applications – ECHA) for EACH.

Companies in the supply chain are required to understand their obligations as members of the REACH supply chain.

Additional informations

REACH Regulation

REACH Guidance Information

REACH Q&A

Annx XIV

Candidate List

Contact

In case of questions please contact via e-mail: reach@rtx.com