Glossary
- What is REACH?
- REACH Registration
- Only Representative
- MSDS
- IUCLID 5
- CoSHH
- EUROTOX and training
- INCI and labelling
- TIF
- SIEF
- Toxicology
- Regulatory Compliance
- Training in regulatory standards
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Pre-Registration for REACH
The information required at pre-registration, for all substances manufactured or imported into the EU in quantities greater than 1 tonne per year is as follows:
- Name of chemical substance
- EINECS number
- CAS number (or any other identity code)
- Name and address of registrant
- Name of contact person
- Envisaged deadline date for registration
- Tonnage band.
This information will be submitted to the ECHA (European Chemicals Association) by means of a software download that is available free of charge from the ECHA website. The information will be entered into a database, known as IUCLID 5, which will form the basis of the entire registration process.
"The importance of the pre-registration process and the 6-month window from 1st June to 1st December 2008 cannot be over-emphasized."
If manufacturers and importers wish to make use of the extended deadlines for the completed registration process they must pre-register their substances; if they do not, and the window is missed, then the chemicals that they produce or import will be classed as "new" and will be subject to the full registration process before they can be legally sold.
In short, they will have to be withdrawn from sale until a registration is completed.
After pre-registration, there is a period of information exchange (see guidance document) and companies will form consortia to work together to develop the data needed for Registration.
