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  The UK will exit the transition period on December 31, 2020.  From 2021, the EU REACH Regulation will be brought into UK law under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and this chemical regulation is also known as UK REACH. REACH, and

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has released the full details of a proposed EU REACH restriction that aims to limit the use of more than 10,000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), which are commonly known as "forever chemicals." The pro

With Brexit being implemented, The UK has formally left the EU on 31st January 2020 with a withdrawal deal and has now gone into an 11-month transition period which is most likely to end on 31st December 2020. The negotiations between the UK and the

With Brexit being implemented from 31st January 2020, the UK has formally left the EU with a withdrawal deal and it is currently into an 11-month transition period. The UK and the EU have ruled out the possibility to extend the transition period beyo

Brexit being implemented from 31st January 2020, the UK has formally left the EU with a withdrawal deal and it is currently in transition period up to 31st Dec. 2020. The UK and the EU have ruled out the possibility of extending the transition period

n period, the UK will remain within the EU-REACH regulatory framework and the UK busines

In August 2020, the 5th draft of the Chemicals Management & Safety Rules (CMS Rules) was published by the Government of India. These draft rules are based on the EU REACH legislation and the existing Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous C

The European Commission announced the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability on 14th October 2020, as a key commitment policy to the European Green Deal. The ambition of the European Green Deal is to ensure climate neutrality and circular econo

With Brexit being implemented from 31st January 2020, the UK has formally left the EU with a withdrawal deal and it is currently into an 11-month transition period. The UK is no longer a member state of the EU and until the end of the transition pe

Following the end of the Brexit transition period on 1st January 2021, the UK REACH Regulation is now in force. UK REACH, which has been described as mirroring its EU counterpart, applies instead of EU REACH in respect of Great Britain (England,

Grandfathering is a transitional arrangement under UK REACH that allows GB-based manufacturers and importers of a substance registered under EU REACH to continue to import or manufacture that substance in Great Britain past the end of th

Northern Island (NI) is part of EU regulatory systems for chemicals to ensure frictionless movement of goods within the island of Ireland, whilst remaining within the UK customs territory. NI businesses will retain their current EU REACH status a

' In an email exchange with GPC dated April 2nd, 2021, HSE provided a much-welcomed clarification regarding the requirements that non-GB manufacturers must meet in order to qualify for DUIN. In their email, HSE stated that DUIN is only availabl

Companies are recommended to register substances under EU REACH with an appropriate declaration of company size together with supporting documents in REACH-IT system. Qualification of micro, small or medium-sized (MSME) enterprise is listed in

equence for companies who seek to place EU-REACH registered substances into the GB marke

The 27th October 2021 deadline for submitting a Downstream User Import Notification is approaching fast.   As a reminder, your substances are eligible for DUIN if:  They are registered under EU REACH; and   They were placed on the GB

The deadline to submit a Downstream User Import Notification (DUIN) officially expired on October 27, 2021. However, HSE recently updated its online guidance on UK REACH and announced that DUINs can still be notified, although a clear timeframe was n

In a letter of 9 February 2021, Steve Elliott, Chief Executive of the UK’s Chemical Industries Association called upon the UK government to repeal the UK REACH requirement for duplicate registration datasets. Under the current situation, companies

When UK REACH entered into force, all substances included in the EU REACH candidate list were ipso facto (by the fact itself) transferred into the new UK REACH candidate list. As to the substances added to the EU REACH candidate list after UK REAC

Consolidated versions of UK REACH and Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) legislation were published, including the incorporation of amendments made to EU regulations covering post-Brexit national laws. The concern about the effectiveness b