Regulatory ESSENTIAL
USA California Prop 65 Consumer Products

Analysis of regulatory requirements

Legislation in force for this PCT

here you will get a linked document in ROGER WILLCO (only reachable with additional ROGER WILLCO licence) Are legal provisions regulates the product compliance topic? If yes, what is the reference (title, number)?

Scope of legislation

This ESSENTIAL describes the legal obligations for manufacturers and the regulatory requirements for consumer products as specified in the Proposition 65. Section 25249.6 of the Act No person in the course of doing business shall knowingly and intentionally expose any individual to a chemical known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity without first giving clear and reasonable warning to such individual. Section 25102 of the Regulations (i) “Expose” means to cause to ingest, inhale, contact via body surfaces or otherwise come into contact with a listed chemical. An individual may come into contact with a listed chemical through water, air, food, consumer products and any other environmental exposure as well as occupational exposures. (k) “In the course of doing business” means any act or omission, whether or not for profit, or any act or omission of any employee which furthers the purpose or operation of the business, or which is expressly or implicitly authorized within the meaning of Section 25249.6 of the Act to a listed chemical Section 25600.1 of the Regulations (d) “Consumer product” means any article, or component part thereof, including food, that is produced, distributed, or sold for the personal use, consumption or enjoyment of a consumer. (e) “Consumer product exposure” means an exposure that results from a person's acquisition, purchase, storage, consumption, or any reasonably foreseeable use of a consumer product, including consumption of a food.'

Responsible actors

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Regulatory market access conditions for the actor(s)

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Exemption clauses

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Sub-federal legislation of states/counties

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FTA/MRA status with EU

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Authority

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Authority

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Link/Reference to other reference document(s)

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Link/Reference to other reference document(s)

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Hints

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Route to compliance

Formal and administrative requirements

Registration at related authority required?

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Local representative legally required?

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Hints

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Obligations of producers, suppliers and users of articles Producers, suppliers and users of articles can have information and notification obligations as well as the obligation to register substances in certain circumstances.

Registration obligations for substances

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Registration obligations for articles

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Hints

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Obligations for substances of very high concern (SVHC) Obligations (notification, information) in relation to substances of very high concern (SVHC) or other special substances

Substances of very high concern (SVHC)

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Substances of very high concern (SVHC)

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Hints

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Duty to communicate information on substances in articles

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Duty to communicate information on substances in articles 2

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Required information to communicate

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Required information to communicate

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Hints

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Hints 2

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Code, Continent	USA-CA,
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Official Language	English
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