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Hodling a PhD in physical chemistry from the University of Bourgogne, Jean-Claude CANNOT first worked as manager in a chemical surface treatment SME before joining CTC in 1995. He his currently CTC Technical Director, CTC standardization Director and Quality Director of CTC group (France, Vietnam, China, India). Jean-Claude CANNOT is a member of AFAQ and COFRAC (French accreditation and quality certification boards) and is also involved in several workgroups of the European Committee for Standardization.

ABSTRACT

There is a real evolution in the consumer’s behavior since 30 years. The times where durability, hard-wearing quality or product performances were priorities, are gone. Now, innocuousness is one of the first priorities for the consumer. Major changes have occurred. Especially the Legislation has changed in Europe. Since 2007, REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals), Regulation N° 1907/2006, was created to protect the environment and people from critical substances. This regulation requires the control of a large number of organic/inorganic chemicals. 2 annexes are very important for footwear, Annex 14 defines the candidate list for the substances of very high concern “SVHC” and Annex 17 gives the list of forbidden substances. One of the major consequences of REACh is the setup of a regular evolution of the lists of critical substances to control. Each industry has to study, several times in a year, the new substances, to check whether they are used in their articles. If yes, new analysis will be necessary and new tests methods shall be created. For footwear, CEN TC309 and ISO TC 216 have taken this surveillance work. CEN ISO TR 16178 and CEN TR 16417 are dedicated to the presence of chemicals in footwear or footwear components. But it means also that the footwear manufacturer shall regularly get used to moving legislation and standardization. This difficult situation will be studied.

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