Product compliance can look like an alphabet soup of RoHS, REACH, SCIP, POP, CLP, IEC and IPC. The underlying shape is simple. Law flows down, and data flows up to meet it.
The three tiers
International agreements set the direction. The EU turns them into binding regulations. Companies prove they comply by exchanging substance data through standard formats. Click any node to open its entry.
A few cross-links don't fit the neat tiers. CLP hazard classifications feed which substances become SVHCs under REACH, and the Waste Framework Directive is what created the SCIP database.
How substance data flows up to meet the law
Whatever the regulation, the underlying job is the same. Know what's in your product, declare it in a standard format, check it against the rules, and prove it.
The reference data, in one place
We maintain searchable copies of the lists this all depends on:
Note: This is an educational overview maintained by the Pareo team and is not legal advice. See data sources and licensing.