Company and Customer Overrides on REACH Limits

Layer your own approved limits on top of official rules, and recheck every formula.
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October 15, 2026

The problem: internal limits tracked outside the formula

Customer specs and internal policies often go further than the law. If those limits live in a separate document, formulas can pass official checks and still fail your own.

A retail customer may cap a substance well below the legal limit, and internal policy may phase out another ahead of regulation. When those limits sit in a spec sheet or a slide, formulators check the official rule, see a pass, and move on.

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What this demo shows

  1. See a formula that passes the official rule.
  2. Apply your own approved limit on top.
  3. Recheck every formula against it.

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Why it matters

Your own limits are part of compliance for the customers who set them. Applying them in the same checks as official rules means a formula fails where it should, with a link to the limit that caused it.

Reviewer approval and end dates keep company limits under control, and the official rule stays unchanged underneath for anyone who needs to see the legal position.

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See it with your own data

This video is part of Regulatory Management. To see how it would work with your own formulations and records, request a demo. Our team replies within 30 minutes during business hours.

Read the transcript

Uncountable is where coatings teams build their formulas. This aerosol spray enamel passes the EU limit for butyl diglycol. A retail customer allows only 1%. So, the regulatory team adds a stricter company limit. It carries the reason and an end date. A reviewer approves it and the official rule stays as it is. Back in the recipe, the same level now fails your limit with a link to it.

Bring it under 1% and the enamel passes your limit. Your limits on top of the official rules.

FAQs

Can we apply limits stricter than REACH?

Yes. Add a company limit, such as a retail customer's 1% maximum, with a reason and an end date.

Does a company limit change the official rule?

No. A reviewer approves the company limit and the official rule stays as it is.

How do formulas show the company limit?

In the recipe, a formula that passes the official rule but fails your limit shows the failure with a link to your limit.