To stay in business under REACH,

pre-register your chemicals!

If you manufacture, import, or use chemicals, or import articles,
the pre-registration period 1 June – 1 December 2008
is a critical time for your business

What is pre-registration?
According to REACH most chemicals (chemical substances)
must be pre-registered.
Be aware!
The time window is only: 1 June – 1 December 2008

What happens if I don’t pre-register?

If you fail to pre-register a chemical you cannot continue
manufacturing or importing it after 1 December 2008
until you have registered it with the European Chemicals
Agency (ECHA).

Who should pre-register?

Companies located in the EU who:
• manufacture or import chemicals
• produce or import articles that intentionally release
chemicals
“Only Representatives” of Third Country manufacturers
Users of chemicals (Downstream Users) do not have to pre-
register unless they are importing chemicals from non-EU
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 Are all chemicals or products 4. Companies in a SIEF share and assess data
concerned? and prepare common parts of a registration
(joint submission).
Most of the chemicals currently in use have to 5. The lead registrant will submit a joint
be pre-registered when their annual amount is 1 submission.
tonne or more per company. 6. Finally, each company will submit a
There are some exemptions. To find out more registration containing company specific
about the exemptions, please consult the information referring to a joint submission and
Registration Guidance Document and the pay a registration fee.
Navigator tool on the ECHA website. The registration deadline (2010, 2013 or 2018)
1. Chemicals contained in articles (e.g. depends on the tonnage of the substance and its
computers, shoes, furniture) do not have to be hazard properties.
pre-registered and registered unless they are
Dec intended to be released. In a SIEF, companies will agree how to share the
testing costs. Each company will have to pay for
the tests they need for their own registration.
What do I have to do? Anyone holding information about pre-registered
You have to submit a pre-registration for each substances can make this known via the REACH-
IT portal to the Agency. If this data is used for
Nov of your chemicals to ECHA. The pre-registration
consists of:
• the name of the substance, EINECS and CAS
a registration the owner will receive financial
compensation.
number
• the name and contact information of your
company Where can I find further information?
• the envisaged deadline for the registration For pre-registration information on the ECHA
Oct and the tonnage
• and, if applicable, names of any relevant
website please go to:

substances which may facilitate the risk http://echa.europa.eu/pre-registration

assessment of the substance The ECHA website is a single point of access to
REACH information and provides:
• General information about the Regulation in
How can I submit
Sep a pre-registration file?
the About REACH section
• A Navigator tool which helps you learn more
about your obligations
You must submit your pre-registrations
• Guidance documents which offer practical
electronically via the REACH-IT portal on the ECHA
advice on pre-registration and registration
website. There are three possibilities to prepare
for a submission: The address of the REACH-IT portal is:
• On-line pre-registration – entering the
Aug required information directly into the REACH-IT
system
http://echa.europa.eu/reachit
IUCLID 5 software for companies to store data on
• IUCLID pre-registration – using the pre- chemicals and prepare for their registration to the
registration functionality of IUCLID 5 to Agency can be downloaded from:
generate an XML file
http://echa.europa.eu/iuclid
• Third party tool pre-registration – using your

Jul company IT tools to generate an XML file.

The specifications for the XML file can be found via
If you do not find the information you are looking
for from any of the above web pages, remember
that:
the Pre-registration section of the ECHA website.
• your industry association is a good source of
information for sector specific questions
• the REACH Helpdesk in your country provides
What will happen advice about your roles, responsibilities and
Jun after pre-registration?
1. REACH-IT will allow a pre-registrant to
REACH guidance. Their contact details can be
found on the ECHA website
monitor who else has pre-registered the same • the ECHA Helpdesk will assist with REACH-IT,
substance. IUCLID and registration questions
2. By 1 January 2009, ECHA will publish a list of
pre-registered substances on its website.
3. Companies form a SIEF (Substance
Information Exchange Forum) after they have
agreed that they have pre-registered the same
substance. ECHA-08-L-01-EN

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