1. DISTRIBUTOR: THE LINK IN THE SUPPLY
CHAIN COMMUNICATION
Irantzu Garmendia Aguirre
Technical and Regulatory Afairr anger, Fecc

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 Introduction of the chemical distributors’ industry and
role within REACH and CLP Regulations
 Overview of the most relevant legal requirements for
chemical distributors
 Supply chain communication challenges
 Fecc activities to support members to overcome
regulatory challenges
 Fecc technical workshop: Distributor: The link in the
supply chain
Index

3. Fecc
 National
Associations: 15
 Company
Members: 40
 Associate
Members: 8
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The voice of the chemical distribution in Europe

4. Distributors (including retailers) who store and
place chemicals on the market for third parties.
REACH and CLP obligations are limited to
forwarding information in the supply chain.
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Who is a distributor under REACH?
Distributors sometimes do more than store and
place a substance on the market, and these
additional activities may give rise to obligations
under REACH and CLP

5. If distributors use chemicals, for example if they
blend or re-fill the substances or mixtures
… they are also downstream users
If distributors import hazardous chemicals from
outside the EU
… they are also importers
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Chemical distribution sector

6. Chemical distribution sector
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Link between chemical manufacturerr and chemical
indurtrial urerr
Enabler the availability of chemicalr on the market
Informaton enabler to enrure traceability and quality
control
Chemical
industrial
user
Tranrport Storage
Filling
Packaging
Labelling
ixing
Blending
Formulatng
Extenrive
Technical
Support
Storage TranrportPurchare
Chemical
Manu-
facturer
Dirtributor key role in the Communicaton in the rupply chain
Chemical distribution sector

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Communication in the
Supply Chain
Distributors’ experience

9. Distributors’ experience
2 ways of communicatng
• Communicate a copy of the SDS/ext-SDS from the rupplier
to the curtomerr.
• Communicate OWN SDS/ext-SDS consolidated from what
har been received from rupplierr.
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Some fgures on SDSs from distributors:
• handle up to 60.000 substances and/or mixturer
• dirtribute up to 350.000 SDSr per year, of which
 approximately 100.000 (30%) directly forwarded ar
received from rupplier
 up to 250.000 (71%) generated in houre: OWN SDS

10. Distributors’ experience
Consolidaton procedure in place.
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Consolidaton of e-SDS meanr comparing and grouping
data from diferent rupplierr of a rubrtance into one
conrolidated e-SDS.
Source: Brenntag
Average 15 ext-SDSs per substance

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SDS main tool for communicaton in the supply chain
• ar ruch no new requirement
• Exporure Scenarior
Consolidaton requires resources
Distributors’ experience

12.  A Formulator receives multiple extended SDS -
may have to ”consolidate” the received info on substance
level before considerations on mixture level can start
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Source: Brenntag
Distributors’ experience

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Fecc’s contribution
SDSCom

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Distributors
recommendation for the
improvement of
communication:
• Use harmonised structures:
− Templates
− Phrases
• Use electronic communication
standards
Fecc’s contribution
SDSCom and ESCom
promotion

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Objective: is to make communication in the supply chains work in practice.
The actions aim to:
• Determine information needs of the different actors.
• Connect practices under REACH with practices under other legislation (OSH,
environment, consumer safety).
• Develop/maintain methods and tools available.
• Adapt exposure assessment methods/tools to support the REACH Safety
Assessment Framework.
• Demonstrate usefulness and feasibility.
Fecc’s contribution
New ENES Work Porgramme 2020

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Fecc’s contribution
ENES Porgramme Action 1.4. Lead
Objective: to identify the nature and the extent of the inconsistencies on the safe use
information coming from different joint registrants for the same substance.
Actions:
• Harmonise consolidation procedure.
• Identify main challenges and inconsistencies that create obstacles for the consolidation.
• Carry out a representative analysis on these inconsistencies.
• Potentially identify the sources.

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Fecc’s contribution
Fecc technical workshop

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Some numbers
• ultple rupplierr for the rame rubrtance
• ultple rubrtancer
• For the clarrifed rubrtancer variour rituatonr
− SDS with no REACH Regirtraton Number yet
− SDS with REACH Regirtraton Number and including Exporure Scenarior (ES)
− SDS with REACH regirtraton number but no ES
• Current analyrir bared on fgurer from our companier
− 15-20 % of the clarrifed, regirtered rubrtancer comer without ES from all rupplierr
− In parallel there are alro carer when ES exirt from rome rupplierr, from otherr not
Distributors’ experience

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Fecc guidance
“Management of ES
information in SDS”
• What to do when you
receive multiple ESs
from multiple suppliers
• Received ES compliance
check
• Recommendation for
consolidation
• Recommendations for
communication
Distributors’ experience

21. ES’s for
substance A
received by supplier A
Country I
ES’s for
substance A
received by supplier B
Country II
ES’s for
substance A
received by supplier C
Country III
Apply defned and agreed measures to
compare and align uses and OC/RMM
“European library” of ES’s
for substance A
=
STEP 1: CREATE EUROPEAN LIBRARY
ES1
ES2
ES3
ES4
ES5
ES6
ES7
ES8
ES1
ES2
ES3
ES4
ES5
ES6
ES1
ES2
ES3
ES4
ES5
ES6
ES8
ES9
ES1
ES2
ES3
ES4
ES5
ES6
ES7
ES8
ES9
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Distributors’ experience

22. Annex to extSDS for
substance A in country
II
Annex to extSDS for
substance A in country
III
Annex to extSDS for
substance A in country I
supply chain specifics;
what’s supported by
suppliers
STEP 1: CREATE EUROPEAN LIBRARY
“European library” of ES’s
for substance A
ES1
ES2
ES3
ES4
ES5
ES6
ES7
ES8
ES9
ES1 
ES2 
ES3 
ES4 
ES5 
ES6 
ES7 
ES8 
ES9
ES1 
ES2 
ES3 
ES4 
ES5 
ES6 
ES7
ES8
ES9
ES1 
ES2 
ES3 
ES4 
ES5 
ES6 
ES7
ES8 
ES9 
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Distributors’ experience

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3 layer approach:
• Common denominator
3 layer approach:
• Common denominator
• Common dercriptorr: PROC Hierarchy
• Apply defned and agreed mearurer to compare and align urer and
Operatonal Conditonr (OC)/Rirk anagement earurer (R ):
Conrervatve approach.
ES for
substance X
anufacturing Intermediate Formulatng
Ure in cleaning
agent
Ure in
agrochemicalr
Ure in labr Ure in WTP
Oil and gar
feld drilling
Supplier A x x x x ? x x ?
Supplier B x ? x x x x x x
Supplier C x x x x x x x x
Supplier D x x x x ? x x x
Supplier E x x x x x x x x
Distributors’ experience

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SDSCom

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SDBtransfer
Our client ?
Supplier
using SAP
EH&S
Supplier‘s
SDS and
other
documents
DAW using
SAP EH&S
Our SDS
and other
documents
PDF/A 3
XMLPDF

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ESCom

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Mixture Safe Use Information

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Mixture Safe Use Information

29. • Being in the middle of the supply chain
• Being the link between manufacturers and downstream users
• For Distributors communication is key
• Need to optimise communication flows
• Move towards more standardisation and digitalisation
• Supply chain communication efficient
• Alignment/implementation across supply chain needed
Fecc’s Conclusion
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Guiding members into the
Chemical distribution 4.0.

30. Thank you for your attnton
www.fecc.org
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