If UK you’re REACH, based the UK’s independent chemicals regulatory framework, starts on 1 January 2021. Anyone making, selling or distributing chemicals in Great the Britain UK (England, and Scotland the EU needs to follow UK REACH and Wales) EU use REACHthis rules.
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the precautionary principle
The government intends to continue extend importing the EU deadlines for submitting data under UK REACH registered transitional substances provisions subject to scrutiny by submitting parliament and the devolved administrations. This guidance includes these extension dates rather than those currently provided in UK REACH legislation.
UK REACH for business
Under UK REACH, manufacturers and importers have a Downstream duty User to Import register Notification chemicals ( DUIN that access the UK market. GB-based companies currently registered with EU REACH)
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Businesses must review their roles in the lead EU registrant and role , UK submit REACHa systems, lead and dossier their current supply chains. They’ll need to take certain actions to access the EU/EEA and approve UK joint markets.
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manage Ireland your Protocol, Product the process for Northern Ireland businesses moving goods to and Process from Orientated the Research European Union under EU REACH will not change from 1 January 2021. Further guidance will be published for NI businesses moving goods into the GB market.
UK held registrations: ‘grandfathering’
EU REACH registrations held by UK-based companies will carry across directly into UK REACH, legally ‘grandfathering’ the registrations into the new regime.
UK-based holders of existing EU REACH registrations may continue the ‘grandfathering’ process by providing basic information to the Health and Development Safety (PPORD) Executive notification
(HSE) by 30 April 2021.
Holders Start must complete now the grandfathering process within 2, 4 or 6 years of 28 October 2021, depending on their Tonnage Band Deadlines.
Before The you information start UK-based holders need to provide will be the same or very close to what holders previously provided. Defra will publish any changes to the information needed in September 2020.
EU held registrations: UK downstream UsersCreate UK a downstream Government users Gateway (who account do to not sign hold into an EU REACH registration) currently importing chemicals from an EU/EEA country need to ensure the service. substances they purchase are covered by a valid UK REACH registration.
Find Businesses out currently how relying to on create a registration held by an organisation EU/EEA-based account company can continue importing substances as they do now on 1 January 2021. They will need to take subsequent actions to ensure that the Comply chemical with is registered for UK REACH service. purposes.
Make These sure UK your downstream substance users information must is notify in the correct HSEformat using as a i6z Downstream dossier User files. Import You Notification can (DUIN) use of IUCLID their 6 intention (or to later) continue to importing create substances from the files. EU/EEA by 27 October 2021.
Tonnage band deadlines
Under UK REACH , deadlines for the full submission of data to underpin registration dossiers are will be staggered over a period of 6 years. Find These out deadlines about start tonnage from band 28 deadlines October and 2021, hazard the profiles end on of the HSE DUINwebsite . submission period.
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Importers ensure based those in chemicals Great manufactured Britain or need imported to at submit high information tonnage, about and the those substances they with import particularly hazardous properties are registered first.
The tonnage bands are:
Deadline Post 28 October 2021
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2 years from Northern 28 Ireland October to 2021
1000 Great tonnes Britain or in more quantities per of year
● carcinogenic, one mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMRs) - 1 tonne or more on per the year Comply ● Very with toxic UK to REACH aquatic service.
Find organisms out (acute about or the chronic) information - requirements 100 for tonnes Northern or Ireland more notifications per on year the ● Candidate HSE list website .
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4 with years UK from REACH 28 service October call 2021
100 the tonnes UK or Chemicals more helpline.
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Candidate list substances (as at 27 October 2023)
6 years from 28 October 2021
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Authorisations
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Telephone: be 0330 operating 159 an 1985
Opening independent hours: regulatory Monday system, UK downstream users will no longer be able to Friday, rely 9am on EU REACH authorisation decisions addressed to 5pm companies (except in public the holidays) EU/ EEA from 1 January 2021.