REACH HG Status Info EN Jan 2023

Information on the printing inks, varnishes and related products
supplied by European member companies of the hubergroup

with regard to the REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006
January 17, 2023
1. Registration of Substances
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) requires that substances (chemicals)

must be registered. This applies to substances as such and to substances in mixtures. This
means that all substances in the raw materials which are used by hubergroup member
companies to formulate printing inks and related products marketed in the EU must be
registered either by ourselves or by our upstream raw materials suppliers.
This is to confirm that all substances requiring registration in accordance with REACH
Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 which are used in the manufacture of printing inks, varnishes
and related products labelled with the hubergroup brand and supplied by member com-
panies of the hubergroup located in the European Union, have been registered by the
European member companies of the hubergroup or by our suppliers (according to the
information available to us).
We are in contact with our suppliers to ensure that the raw materials we require continue
to be available, enabling us to supply our products to our customers without interruption.
2. Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC)
European hubergroup companies are anxious to not use raw materials for the production
of printing inks, varnishes and related products, containing the following substances:
• Authorised Substances (see annex XIV REACH Regulation)

• Substances placed on candidate list by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
• Raw materials that (according to the information given to us by our raw materials
suppliers) contain such substances
As soon as new substances are proposed for inclusion in the Candidate List, we immedi-
ately check whether one or more of them are contained in any raw material we use. Under
the provisions of REACH, we are obliged to notify our customers of all substances on the
SVHC Candidate List that are present in our products in concentrations above 0.1%.
If a substance which is listed on the candidate list is present in a product, we will include
this substance in the respective Safety Data Sheet.
Substances classified as acute toxic cat. 1-3 or CMR (carcinogenic, mutagenic, or toxic for
reproduction) cat. 1A or 1B according to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 are excluded by
the EuPIA Exclusion Policy and are therefore not used as raw materials for hubergroup
printing inks. Chemicals which are put on the SVHC Candidate List typically fall under these
exclusion criteria, therefore hubergroup printing inks were rarely affected during the last
decade, and only in cases where substances had been re-classified due to new scientific
findings.
We are not in a position to foresee future classification changes of substances, or respon-

sible European bodies placing a substance on the SVHC Candidate List that until now has
been regarded as being of no concern. In this case, we will of course update our Safety
Data Sheets. (Please see also our separate declaration with regard to the ECHA Candidate
List of SVHC)
3. Authorisation List (Annex XIV)
We confirm that substances or groups of substances included in the Annex XIV of the
REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 are not intentionally used in the manufacture of
Offset printing inks and varnishes (sheetfed, heat-set, coldset),

UV-/Radiation curing printing inks and lacquers
ACRYLAC water-based overprint varnishes
Solvent-based flexo and gravure printing inks and lacquers
Fountain solution concentrates
HYDRO-X water-based printing inks, varnishes, concentrates and extenders
ACRYLAC printing inks
supplied with hubergroup labels by member companies of the hubergroup, located in the
European Union, to customers located in the European Union.
However, the presence of trace amounts in the products coming from raw material
impurities, from the process or as adventitious contaminant cannot be excluded.
4. List of Restrictions (Annex XVII)
Restrictions limit or ban the manufacture, placing on the market or use of certain substances.
This is to confirm that the printing inks, varnishes and related products supplied with
hubergroup labels by member companies of the hubergroup, located in the European
Union, to customers located in the European Union, fulfill the requirements of Annex XVII,
as far as they are applicable to printing inks and varnishes for industrial application.
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5. Safety Data Sheets / Information in the Supply Chain
The Safety Data Sheet is the central instrument for communicating safety-related infor-
mation between suppliers and customers. Safety Data Sheets provided by hubergroup
companies are compiled in accordance with the current provisions of the REACH Regu-
lation and fulfil the legal requirements.
If raw material suppliers send an "extended Safety Data Sheet" (eSDS) for a substance
that has already been registered, this information will be incorporated into our safety data
management system and taken into account.
We support the "Descriptors of Use for the manufacture and application of coatings, inks
and artists' colours" identified and defined by the European Council of the Paint, Printing
Ink and Artists' Colours Industry (CEPE).
These descriptors cover the uses and exposure scenarios of all products supplied by the
European member companies of the hubergroup. All products supplied are recommended
by us solely for the uses specified in these documents.
In case one of our customers intends to use a product supplied by us in a way not specified
in our Technical Data sheets, we would like to point to the possibility that, after expiry of
the respective substance registration deadline, the customer (being a downstream user)
notifies the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) of additional uses not mentioned in the
eSDS and prepares his own Chemical Safety Report.
Disclaimer:
The information contained herein is based upon data believed to be up-to-date and correct at the
time of writing. It is provided to our customers in order to enable them to answer specific customer
requests. Since the application of the inks and the conditions of use are beyond our control, the
information provided does not represent a guarantee of any kind for the final printed product.
Kirchheim, 17 January 2023
hubergroup Deutschland GmbH

Contact: Product Safety hubergroup Europe
E-mail: product-safety@hubergroup.com
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Information on the printing inks, varnishes and related products

supplied by European member companies of the hubergroup

January 17, 2023

Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH Regulation) requires that substances (chemicals)

2. Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC)

• Authorised Substances (see annex XIV REACH Regulation)

We are not in a position to foresee future classification changes of substances, or respon-

3. Authorisation List (Annex XIV)

Offset printing inks and varnishes (sheetfed, heat-set, coldset),

4. List of Restrictions (Annex XVII)

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Kirchheim, 17 January 2023

hubergroup Deutschland GmbH

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