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Great Britain (“GB”) REACH – Downstream User Import Notification (“DUIN”) submission deadline 27 October 2021

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30-09-2021

 

The DUIN submission deadline is fast approaching. Any GB based entity that imports or intends to import any chemical substance(s) (including within mixtures) into GB, at or above 1 tonne per year, should consider whether it is entitled to submit a DUIN.

Post-Brexit any entity importing any substance into GB at or above 1 tonne per year is required to GB REACH register that substance with the Health and Safety Executive. A DUIN effectively delays when a full GB REACH registration has to be submitted.

Only entities that were previously treated as downstream users/distributors under EU REACH pre-Brexit and that have now become importers under GB REACH are entitled to submit a DUIN.

Following successful submission of a DUIN a full UK REACH registration dossier must be submitted, or you may decide not to continue with a GB REACH registration and cease import, by 27 October 2023, 27 October 2025 or 27 October 2027 depending on the tonnage band/hazard profile of the substance.

Entities should act now to preserve their interests. Further information on the DUIN process can be found on the Health and Safety Executive website.