ESA REACH office

The ESA REACH Office (Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) is responsible for formulating recommendations to ESA technology programs addressing obsolescence risks for future developments, obsolescence risk mitigation as inputs for ESA R&D funding schemes, in coordination with the Clean Space cross-cutting Initiative. 

In addition, ESA REACH Office supports ESA projects in the matters associated with material obsolescence and REACH. 

In frame of the Materials and Processes Technology Board (MPTB), ESA’s REACH officer attends the broader forum on the matters related to REACH and other relevant regulations affecting European space sector.