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Legal and Regulatory Information
REACH Certificate of Compliance
The new EU chemicals policy REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemicals)
came into effect on June 1, 2007. REACH is Europe's new chemicals legislation, which is applicable in all 27 EU
Member States as well as the EFTA European Economic Area (EEA). REACH creates a new system for gathering
information, assessing risks to human health and the environment, and authorizing or restricting the
marketing and use of chemicals produced or supplied in the EEA. REACH has an impact on EEA producers and
importers of finished products and users of chemicals in the course of industrial or professional activities.
WatchGuard supports the overall REACH objective of improving the protection of human health and the
environment and will meet all applicable REACH requirements. WatchGuard is strongly committed to working
with our customers and supply chain to define and implement the REACH requirements and ensure a smooth
transition to compliance.
One of the REACH requirements is that manufacturers and importers have the duty to register substances they
are producing or importing. In accordance with the regulations, the products of WatchGuard do not need to
be registered for the following reasons:
WatchGuard does not import more than 1 metric ton per year of a substance as defined by REACH.
WatchGuard products are non-chemical products that are not designed to release any substance
under normal and reasonably predictable application.
Our products do not contain the listed substances at more than 0.1% by weight of the whole product/
part.
Taiwan Class B Notice
Taiwan NCC
