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U.S.-EU SCIP Industry Webinar
Join this webinar on June 30 to learn more about the new requirements and how to comply with SCIP registration.
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EU SCIP Webinar

U.S. - EU SCIP Industry Webinar
Wednesday, June 30
June 30, 2021 11:30 am EDT / 8:30 am PDT / 5:30 pm Central European Time 
Two sessions / Free for eligible companies / Register for this webinar
(Also, please read about related roundtable: EU SCIP Roundtable)

Please join the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Mission to the EU to learn about new regulatory requirements regarding the European Substances of Concern in Products (SCIP) database. Registration for the SCIP database is mandatory for companies based in Europe and will also affect U.S. exporters.

  • Companies making any product – electrical or non-electrical – that contains any of the approximately 200 Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) cited in the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation will have to register this product with the SCIP database.
  • Companies might need to show a SCIP ID number to do business in the EU.
  • U.S. companies with branch offices in Europe will have to register products directly into the SCIP database. 
  • U.S. exporters will be asked by their European customers for product information so the European buyer can meet SCIP database requirements. 
  • Representatives from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), who devised and oversees the database operations, will lead these sessions.

Companies wishing to attend will have to meet the following requirements:

  • Participants must be U.S. domiciled companies and/or must have export content (i.e. exports from the United States to the EU). 
  • Participants’ exports or final products must fall under the purview of SCIP database requirements.

There is no charge for eligible companies who wish to join one or both of these 45-minute sessions. 

  • The first session is for companies just learning about SCIP or for companies that want to review the regulation.
  • The second session is for more advanced users — companies that have been entering information into the database and might have some specific issues with the database.  

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Global Business Navigator Chatbot Beta

Welcome to the Global Business Navigator, an artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot from the International Trade Administration (ITA). This tool, currently in beta version testing, is designed to provide general information on the exporting process and the resources available to assist new and experienced U.S. exporters. The Chatbot, developed using Microsoft’s Azure AI services, is trained on ITA’s export-related content and aims to quickly get users the information they need. The Chatbot is intended to make the benefits of exporting more accessible by understanding non-expert language, idiomatic expressions, and foreign languages.

Limitations

As a beta product, the Chatbot is currently being tested and its responses may occasionally produce inaccurate or incomplete information. The Chatbot is trained to decline out of scope or inappropriate requests. The Chatbot’s knowledge is limited to the public information on the Export Solutions web pages of Trade.gov, which covers a wide range of topics on exporting. While it cannot provide responses specific to a company’s product or a specific foreign market, its reference pages will guide you to other relevant government resources and market research. Always double-check the Chatbot’s responses using the provided references or by visiting the Export Solutions web pages on Trade.gov. Do not use its responses as legal or professional advice. Inaccurate advice from the Chatbot would not be a defense to violating any export rules or regulations.

Privacy

The Chatbot does not collect information about users and does not use the contents of users’ chat history to learn new information. All feedback is anonymous. Please do not enter personally identifiable information (PII), sensitive, or proprietary information into the Chatbot. Your conversations will not be connected to other interactions or accounts with ITA. Conversations with the Chatbot may be reviewed to help ITA improve the tool and address harmful, illegal, or otherwise inappropriate questions.

Translation

The Chatbot supports a wide range of languages. Because the Chatbot is trained in English and responses are translated, you should verify the translation. For example, the Chatbot may have difficulty with acronyms, abbreviations, and nuances in a language other than English.

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