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Name B-Lands Consulting
Work Areas
  • Consortium management
  • Dossier preparation & data management
  • IT & software services
  • Legal services
  • Only representative
  • Pre-registration/Registration
  • Risk assessment (environmental)
  • Risk assessment (human)
  • SIEF facilitation
  • Testing strategies
  • Third party representative
  • Training
  • Corporate strategy/advice
  • Laboratory services
  • Supply chain communication
Contact REACH Compliance
World Trade Center
5 Place Robert Schuman, BP1510
Grenoble
38025
France
Tel: +33 476 230 627
Fax: +33 476 282 953
Email: europa@reach-compliance.eu
Web:
Offices France (Head office, Grenoble), China (Beijing)
Company Background

Established in France in 2007, B-Lands Consulting provides to companies worldwide, a one-stop compliance service on REACH. Typical services include:

  • Only Representative / Third Party Representative services
  • REACH pre-registration
  • REACH Registration (Technical dossiers, CSR/CSA generations, IUCLID 5)
  • SIEFs / Consortia management (Quick Data Software: http://quick-data.eu)
  • Consultancy on costs and data sharing
  • Overseeing toxicological and ecotoxicological testing
  • REACH compliance on articles
  • Assistance in the supply chain
  • Nanotechnologies & REACH (Nanomaterials: nanoaerosols, nanopowders, enhanced cosmetics, paints, coatings)

B-Lands Consulting team is composed of REACH consultants, chemical engineers, toxicologists and IT experts.

Because the implementation of REACH is a complex process, we are also responding effectively to companies in distress with late or failed pre-registration issues, mandatory Inquiry procedures, with the aim of overcoming trade barriers.

Sample tools:

  • QuickREACH (TM) Automation: http://www.quickreach.eu/v3/run.html
  • REACHChecker (TM): http://reach-compliance.eu/database/REACHchecker.html

Further information is available at www.reach-compliance.eu Email: europa@reach-compliance.eu
Work Area Details
Consortium management

B-Lands has developed an effective and industry strength solution for SIEFs and Consortia management, to the benefice of any SFF, Lead Registrant and potential registrants.

The Quick Data platform is designed enabling the hierarchical management of thousands of SIEFs and consortia via a simple and intuitive Master Interface, synchronized with any changes from REACH-IT.

Currently the Quick Data Platform hosts over 1 800 substances.

Further information is available at http://quick-data.eu

Email: support@quick-data.eu

Dossier preparation & data management

Our services in matter of dossier preparations, submissions and follow up include:

  • Compilation of available data (composition or update of a IUCLID-database)
  • Preparation of the technical dossier and the chemical safety report (CSR/CSA)

Our data management services include:

  • Literature search and study evaluations for exiting data
  • Management of the data from physico-chemical, toxicological and ecotoxicological testings
    • Further information is available at www.reach-compliance.eu

      Email: europa@reach-compliance.eu

IT & software services

B-Lands consulting has developed the following IT tools to facilitate and support REACH compliance procedures:

  • REACH CD-ROM (TM), a practical guide for REACH. Online demo: http://www.reach-cdrom.eu
  • QuickREACH (TM), automation for inventory and Pre-registration
  • REACHchecker (TM), to conveniently verify the validity of any transmitted reference number through the supply chain
  • Quick Data (TM), hierarchical SIEFs/Consortia Management Platform: http://quick-data.eu

To address confidentiality issues, the Quick Data server and all sensitive hardware (database replication, backup system) are hosted in B-Lands head office.

Legal services

B-Lands Consulting also offers legal services:

  • Identify REACH compliance requirements for all stakeholders (EU manufacturer, EU importers, EU downstream users, Non-EU manufacturers). [Article 3, paragraphs (9), (11), (13)]
  • Identify all chemicals put on the market or substances used in articles (or in the production process) and, for each substance, determine its regulatory status (e.g., EINECS/ELINCS/EC listed, current and likely chemical classification), gather information on its properties, and assess volumes, specific uses, and concentrations. [Article 12, Title XI]

For issues ultimately involving taking legal actions in court, or appeal procedures against decisions from ECHA, or the European Commission; we will refer that matter to our partner law firms with respect to the client location.

Only representative

B-Lands Consulting also provides REACH proxy services to operate as the Only Representative [Article 8] for non-EU Manufacturers.

We address all issues related to REACH pre-registration, Registration, the transmission of the information through the supply chain, REACH certificates, and EU customs’ clearance with regard to REACH compliance. All data are handled confidentially.

Further information is available at www.reach-compliance.eu

Email: europa@reach-compliance.eu

Pre-registration/Registration

From June 2008 via smart automations, B-Lands Consulting has successfully completed over 15 000 Pre-registrations on behalf of our clients worldwide. Our services include:

  • REACH substance inventory
  • REACH Pre-registration, Inquiry
  • Active SIEF participations
  • Data & cost sharing process, literature searches, data assessment (quality, value), data gaps
  • Technical dossier generation under IUCLID 5
  • QSAR-modelling
  • Risk assessments for human exposure, environmental exposure
  • Exposure scenarios, CSA/CSR generation
  • Testing: Physico-chemical/Toxicologica/Ecotoxicological, in liaise with our GLP Lab partners
  • Registration submission, follow up
  • SDS and eSDS generation, updating

Risk assessment (environmental)

B-Lands Consulting provides Chemical Safety Assessment (CSA) preparation services, including hazard assessment (environmental), which includes:

  • Characterisation of dose [concentration]-response for environment
  • Data used for derivation of the Predicted No-Effect Concentration (PNEC), including:
  • Data from laboratory toxicity tests
  • (Q)SAR and grouping approaches
  • Environmental compartments, including:
  • Aquatic compartments
  • Micro organisms in sewage treatment plants (STP)
  • Sediments
  • Terrestrial (soil) compartment
  • Air compartment
  • Assessment of secondary poisoning

Further information is available at www.reach-compliance.eu

Email: europa@reach-compliance.eu

Risk assessment (human)

B-Lands Consulting provides Chemical Safety Assessment (CSA) preparation services, including hazard assessment (human health), which includes:

  • Consideration on derivation of Derived No-Effect Level (DNEL(s)) / Derived Minimal Effect Level (DMEL(s))
  • Gather typical dose descriptors and/or other information on potency
  • Decide on mode of action (threshold or non-threshold)
  • Derive DNEL(s) for threshold endpoints
  • Derive DMEL(s) for non-threshold endpoints
  • Select the leading health effect(s)

Further information is available at www.reach-compliance.eu

Email: europa@reach-compliance.eu

SIEF facilitation

B-Lands Consulting is involved directly as SIEF Formation Facilitator (SFF) over 500 SIEFs.

The company has developed a powerful SIEFs Management Platform, which eases SIEF participations to any SFF, Lead Registrant or potential registrant, manages member surveys.

The Quick Data platform can handle an unlimited number of SIEFs, Each single SIEF features:

  • An event calendar
  • Open discussion forums
  • Short notes posting
  • News posting
  • Documents sharing
  • Knowledge Base
  • SIEF members contact section
  • Regulatory links section
  • Polls posting
  • Request for technical support

Further information is available at http://quick-data.eu

Email: support@quick-data.eu

Testing strategies

In regard of the substance data gaps, B-Lands Consulting devises testing strategies based on substances properties and annual tonnage band, to ensure time, cost saving, and reliable studies.

Further information is available at www.reach-compliance.eu

Email: europa@reach-compliance.eu

Third party representative

B-Lands Consulting provides REACH proxy services to operate as the Third Party Representative [Article 4] for EU Manufacturers or EU Importers. We address all issues related to REACH pre-registration and Registration. All data are handled confidentially.

Further information is available at www.reach-compliance.eu

Email: europa@reach-compliance.eu

Training

B-Lands Consulting provides in a case by case, onsite consultancy on REACH-IT, IUCLID 5, and specific REACH training services.

Further information is available at www.reach-compliance.eu

Email: europa@reach-compliance.eu

Corporate strategy/advice

B-Lands Consulting strategy via its services offering is twofold:

  • Overcome any trade barrier that could impede our clients by achieving regulatory compliance in the shortest delays.
  • Provide as much as we can of competitive edge to our clients, through smart and added value services.

Further information is available at www.reach-compliance.eu

Email: europa@reach-compliance.eu

Laboratory services

Physico-chemical, toxicological and ecotoxicological tests are provided in liaise with our certified GLP Lab partners.

Further information is available at www.reach-compliance.eu

Email: europa@reach-compliance.eu

Supply chain communication

Acting either as Only Representative [Article 8] or Third Party Representative [Article 4], B-Lands Consulting assumes communication and transmission of the information (SDS, Registration numbers, etc.) through the supply chain. Including:

  • Protection of Confidential Business Information (CBI)
  • Full REACH HELPDESK support (Answering all REACH questions)
  • REACH regulation monitoring (Alerts)
  • EU Customs clearance with respect to REACH

Our regional office in China (Beijing) actively participates to the communication effort with suppliers from Asia.

Clients Our clients are EU based and worldwide chemical manufacturers, importers/exporters, formulators, manufacturers of articles and finished products, distributors and downstream users. B-Lands keeps special ties with some data holders and testing facilities