REACH is a European Community regulation – Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 – on chemicals and their safe use. It stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals. The aim of REACH is to improve the protection of human health and the environment.
 
Gates takes its responsibility for human health and the environment very seriously and complies with the requirements laid down in the REACH regulation. All substances in our belts requiring registration will be duly registered in the central database run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).

All belts and hoses listed in the Gates Automotive Replacement Catalogues (ref. E/70130) are REACH compliant.
 
Article 33 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 provides that any supplier of an article containing a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) from the current ECHA Candidate List, in a concentration above 0.1% weight by weight, shall inform the recipient of the article with, as a minimum, the name of the substance.
 
In accordance with this provision Gates hereby informs its customers that:

• Chloroprene-V belts contain the following substance included on the EChA (European Chemicals Agency) Candidate List published on 13 January 2010 according to Article 59 (1, 10) of Regulation No. 1907/2006 (“REACH”) (see the website of the European Chemicals Agency (EChA) http://echa.europa.eu/) in a concentration above 0.1 % weight by weight: Bis (2-ethyl(hexyl) phthalate) (DEHP) (CAS No. 117-81-7) (EC No. 204-211-0).

• the hoses Fuel 3225 ST and GP 60 and 80 Service are containing DEHP (see above).