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UK REACH – Public consultation on extending the UK REACH registration deadlines

  • United Kingdom
  • Industrials

07-07-2022

The Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has issued a public consultation on proposed measures to extend the current UK REACH data submission deadlines as well as the deadlines for the Health and Safety Executive to carry out compliance checks on 20% of the registration dossiers. The public consultation is open until 1 September 2022.

The current deadlines, depend on the tonnage and hazard profile of the substance, are:

  • 27 October 2023 - for substances included on the EU REACH candidate list before UK REACH came into effect; substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction and manufactured in or imported into Great Britain in quantities of 1 tonne a year or more; substances that are very toxic to aquatic life and manufactured or imported in quantities of 100 tonnes or more a year; and all substances manufactured or imported in quantities of 1,000 tonnes or more a year.
  • 27 October 2025 - for substances added to the UK REACH candidate list before October 2023; and all substances manufactured in or imported into Great Britain in quantities of 100 tonnes or more a year.
  • 27 October 2027 - for all substances manufactured in or imported into Great Britain in quantities of 1 tonne or more a year.

The options being considered by government are:

  • Do nothing
  • Option 1 – Extend all of the current submission deadlines by three years (to October 2026, October 2028, and October 2030).
  • Option 2 (government’s preferred option) – Extend the first submission deadline by 3 years to October 2026, the second by 2 years to October 2027, and the third by 1 year to October 2028.

DEFRA also continues to work to develop an alternative transitional registration model which looks to reduce the burdens associated with UK REACH registration. If the submission deadlines are not extended government will not have time to develop and legislate for this alternative model before the first tonnage band deadline of 27 October 2023.

Companies impacted by UK REACH (those importing into/manufacturing substances/mixtures into Great Britain) should respond to the consultation.

For further information, please contact:

 

 

 

Catherine Manning, Principal Associate
Jane Southworth, Partner

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