REACH - further work on impact assessment

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ID KPMG Business Advisory Services B.V.

2005
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Contents

1 Background and issue 3

1.1 Memorandum of Understanding 3

1.2 Objective of the study 4

2 Approach 5

2.1 Contributing sectors 5

2.2 Selected supply chains and materials for the case studies 5

2.3 Issues agreed upon in advance 7

2.3.1 Testing costs 7

2.3.2 Methodology 7

3 Working process 11

4 Findings 17

4.1 Availability of substances and primary & secondary raw materials/fuels 17

4.1.1 Level of vulnerability at chemical supplier level 17

4.1.2 Level of substitution, reformulation, withdrawal 18

4.1.3 Funding direct costs 20

4.1.4 Consequences of substance loss 20

4.2 Competitiveness 21

4.2.1 Direct costs for chemical suppliers and formulators 21

4.2.2 Impact of direct costs on profit 22

4.2.3 Impact on market share 24

4.2.4 Impact on portfolio 25

4.2.5 Impact on delocalisation 25

4.2.6 Impact on workability 26

4.3 Impact on innovation 28

4.4 Impact on benefits 28

4.5 Impact on recycling and recovery 29

A Annex (in)organic sector 31

A.1 Sector background 31

A.2 Case study background 31

A.3 Findings 33

A.4 Findings sector workshop 40

B Annex electronics sector 43

C Annex automotive sector 45

C.1 Sector background 45

C.2 Case study Background 45

C.3 Summary of Automotive Case Study Findings 46

D Annex flexible packaging sector 51

D.1 Sector background 51

D.2 Case study Background 51

D.3 Summary of Findings in Flexible Packaging case study 52

E Glossary and abbreviations 58