REACH Compliance Software That Also Handles RoHS, EUDR and GPSR

Summary

Your REACH compliance software is not enough; a single product sold in the EU is also subject to overlapping regulations like RoHS, GPSR, and EUDR, creating significant compliance gaps.
Managing these regulations with separate, single-purpose tools leads to data silos, manual reconciliation, and a high risk of errors that can block shipments or delay launches.
A unified compliance platform is essential for managing all applicable regulations from a single source of truth, eliminating duplicate work and reducing risk.
Reglyr's Physical Goods Compliance platform evaluates products against REACH, RoHS, GPSR, and EUDR simultaneously, generating all required documentation from one workflow.

You've done the right thing. You invested in REACH compliance software to screen your Bill of Materials (BOM) for SVHCs, stay on top of the ever-growing candidate list, and file your SCIP database notifications on time. Problem solved, right?

Not quite. Because the same product sitting in your REACH screening queue also needs RoHS verification for its electronics components, GPSR conformity documentation before it can legally land on a German retailer's shelf, and — if its packaging or components contain wood or rubber — EUDR due diligence before it crosses the EU border.

As one compliance professional put it on Reddit: "After consulting with a compliance expert, every article in the BOM needs to be tested every six months after new SVHCs are added to the list. This is extremely expensive. How do companies keep up with this?" And that's just REACH. Add RoHS, GPSR, and EUDR to the picture, and the operational complexity multiplies — especially when your software stops at substance lists and forces you to maintain three or four separate vendor relationships.

This is the reality most compliance teams are living: genuinely excellent point solutions stitched together with spreadsheets, email threads, and a lot of manual reconciliation. It works — until it doesn't, and a shipment gets blocked or a launch gets delayed because one data point lived in the wrong system.

This article breaks down what each of these four regulations actually requires operationally, shows you exactly where typical REACH compliance software leaves you exposed, and introduces a better way to manage all of them in one unified workflow.

A Tangled Web: Deconstructing Your Product's Real Compliance Footprint

A single physical product — a battery-operated toy car, a set of kitchen knives, a Bluetooth speaker — doesn't exist in a single regulatory universe. The moment it's manufactured and sold into the EU, it inherits a stack of overlapping legal requirements that span chemical substance law, electrical safety, general product safety, and increasingly, environmental supply chain accountability. Here's what each of those frameworks actually demands from your team.

REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals)

REACH is the EU's master framework for chemical substance management, and its operational burden is significant. It's not a one-time certification — it's a continuous process.

What your team actually has to do:

Track every substance in every component of every product, with particular attention to Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs). The SVHC candidate list is updated twice a year by ECHA.
Chase your supply chain for up-to-date supplier declarations. Collaborating with suppliers to collect current compliance declaration reports is essential for maintaining a transparent and defensible process.
File SCIP database notifications for any articles containing SVHCs above 0.1% w/w — a mandatory step that catches many teams off-guard.
Re-screen your BOM every time the SVHC list is updated, which, yes, is every six months.

The cost and cadence of this is the number one pain point compliance teams report. It's genuinely expensive and time-consuming — and it's only one of your four regulatory obligations.

RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances)

Where REACH covers all chemicals broadly, RoHS is specifically focused on electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) — and it restricts ten specific hazardous substances including Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd), Hexavalent chromium (Cr6+), and a family of flame retardants and plasticisers.

What your team actually has to do:

Verify substance levels at the component level across your entire BOM for each of the ten restricted materials.
Manage exemptions carefully. Exemptions exist for certain use cases, but they expire and change — a compliance surprise many teams discover too late. (Brass components with lead content, for instance, have historically sat in a grey zone with shifting exemption status.)
Work across three compliance layers: the finished product layer, the supplier documentation layer, and the process chemicals layer — each requiring different types of evidence.
Anticipate what's next. Beyond the original ten, regulators are increasingly scrutinising materials like PFAS, cobalt, and nickel, particularly in batteries.

RoHS and REACH have significant overlap — both are concerned with hazardous substances in products — yet most software treats them as entirely separate domains, forcing duplicate data entry and supplier outreach.

GPSR (General Product Safety Regulation)

The General Product Safety Regulation replaced the older General Product Safety Directive in May 2023 and has been fully in effect since December 13, 2024. It applies to virtually all consumer products sold in the EU and introduces significantly more rigorous documentation requirements than its predecessor.

What your team actually has to do:

Appoint an EU Responsible Person — a legal entity within the EU who holds accountability for the product's safety. For non-EU brands, this is a hard blocker to market access.
Prepare a proactive risk assessment that considers foreseeable misuse and all relevant hazards — not just the obvious ones.
Compile a Technical File that demonstrates your product meets applicable safety standards.
Ensure traceability through batch numbers, manufacturer details, and recall-ready documentation on every product.
Update your e-commerce listings — GPSR now explicitly extends to online marketplaces, requiring sellers to surface compliance information directly in product listings.

The vagueness that compliance teams report around GPSR — "the directive is as far from clear and concise as it can possibly be" — makes this particularly difficult without a structured framework to work through it.

EUDR (EU Deforestation Regulation)

The EU Deforestation Regulation mandates that specific commodities — cattle, soy, palm oil, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and wood — and products derived from them must not have contributed to deforestation. If your product contains wood, natural rubber, or packaging made from these commodities, EUDR falls squarely on your team's plate.

What your team actually has to do:

Confirm whether you are an "operator" or a "trader" — the obligations differ.
Map your products to HS codes to identify what's in scope.
Collect GPS coordinates of production sites and legal proof of origin from suppliers.
Conduct a risk assessment across your supply chain.
Take mitigation actions if risk is not negligible — including potentially switching suppliers.
Submit a Due Diligence Statement (DDS) per shipment through the EU information system.
Maintain all documentation for five years.

Large and medium operators must be compliant by 30 December 2026. It's a supply chain traceability challenge, not a chemical substance challenge — which is exactly why it falls outside the scope of most REACH compliance software entirely.

The Problem with the 'One-Regulation' Software Trap

Most compliance software was built for a single regulatory domain. A REACH tool does REACH. A GRC platform handles governance frameworks. A PIM/PLM system stores product data but doesn't interpret regulations. The result is a patchwork stack where your product data, supplier declarations, risk assessments, and compliance verdicts live in different systems — maintained by different vendors, on different update cycles, with no shared awareness of each other.

Here's what that looks like in practice:

Feature / Regulation	Typical REACH Software	Typical GRC Platform	Typical PIM/PLM	A Unified Platform
REACH SVHC Screening	✅ Native	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Native
RoHS Substance Verification	📎 Bolt-on / Manual	❌ No	📎 Bolt-on	✅ Native
GPSR Risk Assessment Generation	❌ No	📎 Bolt-on / Manual	❌ No	✅ Native
EUDR Due Diligence Management	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Native
Declaration of Conformity Generation	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Native
Technical File Generation	❌ No	❌ No	❌ No	✅ Native

The bolt-on approach isn't just inefficient — it's risky. With regulations constantly changing, compliance is no longer a once-a-year task, and manual error in multi-system environments is one of the leading causes of compliance failures. When the same product attribute (say, a substance declaration from a supplier) needs to be reflected in your REACH records, your RoHS documentation, and your GPSR technical file, duplicating that data across three systems is a recipe for inconsistency.

The Unified Solution: Reglyr's Regulatory Knowledge Graph

Reglyr is built for exactly this multi-regulation reality. Rather than being a point solution for REACH or a bolt-on GRC tool, Reglyr's Physical Goods Compliance platform is built on a single, unified regulatory knowledge graph — one that spans REACH, RoHS, GPSR, ESPR, EN standards, and more, all within the same evaluation engine.

When a product enters Reglyr, it's mapped against every applicable regulation in every target market simultaneously. Supplier documentation is extracted and verified automatically. Compliance verdicts — GO, FIX, or REVIEW — are produced at the regulation level, not just the substance level. And critically, the documents required for market access are generated directly from the verified compliance data.

Key capabilities of Reglyr's Physical Goods Compliance product include:

REACH / RoHS / SVHC substance verification — continuous, BOM-level screening against the latest candidate and restricted substance lists
GPSR compliance management — structured risk assessment generation, technical file compilation, and EU Responsible Person tracking
ESPR / Digital Product Passport readiness — forward-looking compliance for the upcoming circular economy requirements
Declaration of Conformity (DoC) auto-generation — legally valid, market-specific DoCs produced directly from verified compliance data
Technical file and risk assessment generation — structured outputs ready for authority inspection
Supplier portal — automated documentation requests and verification, eliminating the manual back-and-forth that makes REACH so expensive
Continuous regulatory change monitoring — so when the SVHC list updates in July, your BOM screenings update with it

The platform's regulatory knowledge graph is built and continuously enriched by Reglyr's consultancy practice — meaning every real-world product and market the consultancy engages with feeds battle-tested regulatory interpretations back into the platform. It's a data moat that pure-software competitors simply cannot replicate.

A Practical Example: Launching a Toy in Germany

Let's make this concrete. A toy brand wants to sell a battery-operated plastic car in Germany. It's a straightforward product — except it isn't.

The compliance reality of one toy:

REACH: The plastic body, paint pigments, and rubber tires must be screened against the SVHC candidate list and REACH Annex XVII restrictions.
RoHS: The internal circuit board, wiring, and battery components must be free of the ten restricted hazardous substances.
GPSR: The entire product needs a proactive safety risk assessment, a complete technical file, a Declaration of Conformity, and a designated EU Responsible Person on record.
EN 71 (Toy Safety Directive): Specific toy safety standards apply — covering mechanical hazards, flammability, chemical properties, and age-appropriate warnings.

In a fragmented compliance stack, this means four separate processes, four sets of supplier outreach, four different documentation flows, and potentially four different software tools or consultancy relationships. The overlap is significant, the duplication is real, and the risk of something slipping through the cracks is high.

Here's how a toy brand handles all four in Reglyr:

Upload: The brand uploads the toy's BOM, supplier material declarations, and available safety test reports into Reglyr's supplier portal. Suppliers can submit documentation directly, reducing back-and-forth.
Auto-Map: Reglyr's knowledge graph instantly identifies that this product — a battery-operated toy intended for the German market — is subject to REACH, RoHS, GPSR, and the Toy Safety Directive (EN 71). No manual regulation lookup required.
Screen & Verify: The platform screens every component in the BOM against the latest REACH SVHC candidate list and RoHS restricted substance list simultaneously. Supplier declarations are cross-verified against the product data. Gaps and flags — missing test reports, substances approaching threshold concentrations — are surfaced as FIX or REVIEW items before they become blockers.
Generate: From the verified compliance data, Reglyr auto-generates:
- A GPSR-compliant Risk Assessment, structured to the regulation's proactive risk requirements
- A Technical File ready for authority inspection
- A Declaration of Conformity covering CE marking requirements, referencing the applicable directives
Verdict: The brand receives a clear GO/FIX/REVIEW verdict across all four regulatory streams — in one unified workflow, not four separate ones.

The outcome isn't just efficiency. It's confidence. The brand knows that the same underlying product data — every supplier declaration, every substance level, every test report — is informing all four compliance streams, not four disconnected ones. There's no version mismatch between what the REACH file says and what the GPSR technical file references.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between REACH and RoHS?

REACH is a broad EU regulation covering the registration, evaluation, and restriction of thousands of chemical substances in all types of products. RoHS, on the other hand, is a much more specific directive that restricts the use of ten specific hazardous substances (like lead and mercury) in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). While they can overlap, a product can be compliant with one but not the other, making separate verification necessary.

Why is my REACH compliance software not enough for EU regulations?

Your REACH software is not enough because it was designed to solve for only one regulation. A single product sold in the EU is often subject to multiple overlapping regulations, including RoHS for electronics, GPSR for general safety, and EUDR for materials linked to deforestation. Relying on a single-purpose tool creates data silos and manual work, increasing the risk of missing a requirement for one of the other applicable laws.

How does the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) impact my business?

The GPSR significantly increases your responsibility for product safety by requiring a designated EU Responsible Person, a proactive safety risk assessment, and a comprehensive Technical File for nearly all consumer goods. It also mandates enhanced traceability with batch numbers and manufacturer details on every product and extends these rules to online marketplaces, requiring compliance information to be visible on product listings.

What are the main requirements for EUDR compliance?

The main requirement of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is to prove that certain commodities (like wood, rubber, soy, and coffee) and products made from them did not contribute to deforestation after December 31, 2020. Operationally, this means you must collect precise geolocation data for the origin of these materials, conduct a thorough risk assessment, and submit a Due Diligence Statement (DDS) to EU authorities before placing your product on the market.

How does a unified compliance platform reduce costs and risks?

A unified compliance platform reduces costs by eliminating the need for multiple software subscriptions and the manual labor spent reconciling data between them. It reduces risk by creating a single source of truth for all product data and supplier declarations, ensuring that a change or update is reflected across all relevant regulations (REACH, RoHS, GPSR, etc.) simultaneously. This prevents the inconsistencies and gaps that lead to costly shipment delays, fines, or product recalls.

How often do I need to update my product's compliance documentation?

Product compliance is a continuous process, not a one-time event. You must update your documentation whenever regulations change. For example, the REACH SVHC candidate list is updated twice a year, which legally requires you to re-screen your entire Bill of Materials and update your supplier declarations and SCIP notifications accordingly. A good compliance system automates this monitoring and re-screening process.

What is a regulatory knowledge graph and how does it help with compliance?

A regulatory knowledge graph is an intelligent system that understands the complex relationships between products, materials, suppliers, regulations, and target markets. Instead of just checking against a list of substances, it automatically identifies every legal requirement that applies to your specific product (e.g., a toy with a battery sold in Germany) and guides you through the necessary steps for REACH, RoHS, GPSR, and toy safety standards in one integrated workflow.

Stop Patching, Start Unifying Your Compliance Strategy

The regulatory landscape for physical consumer goods isn't getting simpler. REACH's SVHC list expands twice a year. GPSR introduced new obligations that took effect in December 2024. EUDR enforcement for large operators arrives in late 2026. ESPR and Digital Product Passport requirements are on the horizon. Each new regulation lands on top of the ones already in place — and none of them exist in isolation.

Managing this with a collection of single-purpose tools is a strategy built on fragility. Data lives in silos. Supplier declarations get duplicated across systems. A regulatory update in one domain requires manual propagation to three others. And when a shipment gets blocked or a market launch is delayed, the cost isn't just the delay — it's the audit trail you can't produce and the confidence you don't have.

A unified platform built on a single regulatory knowledge graph — where REACH substance screening, RoHS verification, GPSR documentation, and EUDR due diligence share the same data layer — isn't a luxury. For any brand selling physical goods into multiple markets, it's quickly becoming table stakes.

Ready to consolidate your compliance stack? See how Reglyr manages REACH, RoHS, GPSR, and more for your entire product catalog in a single workflow. Request a demo.