Manufacturers of hydrocarbon resins and rosin resins - the H4R consortium - have agreed that on the basis of their interpretation of the REACH text they should be able to claim an exemption from registration for tall oil fatty acids (TOFAs) and certain salts.
They claim the exemption under section 9 of Annex V of the Regulation covering substances from natural sources that have not been chemically modified.
The consortium has set out its interpretation in a TOFA exemption document