Implementing REACH effectively and in a harmonised way is crucial to its success and a challenging task that A.I.S.E. has been very much involved in from the start.  While manufacturers, importers or downstream users of chemicals are all affected, A.I.S.E. focuses on product manufacturers’ duties, so-called downstream users (DUs) using REACH terminology. 

Under REACH, registration is the duty of substances’ suppliers, but a good quality registration needs to be based on updated and reliable information on how products containing those substances are actually used. This requires a good communication both downstream, from registrants to DUs via the Exposure Scenarios (ESs), and upstream, from DUs to registrants via the Use maps. Downstream users such as cleaning and maintenance products manufacturers know best how products are used by their end-users and, therefore, which conditions need to be assessed by registrants in their registration dossiers.

A.I.S.E. has developed comprehensive and generic information to assist in exposure assessment for substances which are used in its product portfolio. This information is then passed on to substance suppliers to enable them to conduct appropriate risk assessments, in order to complete the substances registration dossier, demonstrate safety in use under REACH criteria, and communicate appropriate safe use conditions in the form of Exposure Scenarios (ES) along the supply chain.  This will enable continued availability and safe use of chemicals to meet society's needs, as well as innovation. 

• Description of uses
• Workers exposure assessment 
• Consumer safety exposure assessment 
• Environmental exposure assessment
• Safe Use Information for end-users
• Guidance for verification compliance of REACH: assessment of exposure scenarios (EN, PT; available upon request to FIOVDE)