Notify the Health and Safety Executive of your UK REACH registration
The very first deadline for UK REACH concerns notifications to the Health and Safety Executive (or HSE) in the United Kingdom. This notification must be made:
- Within the first 120 days following the end of the transition period (30th April 2021) for UK companies wishing to benefit from the recognition of their EU REACH registration, or “grandfathering”. This system allows any registration that has been held by a UK entity at any point between 29th March 2017 and the end of the transition period to be legally recognised by the future UK REACH IT system.
- Within the first 300 days following the end of the transition period (28th October 2021) for:
- UK companies wishing to register substances for which they source from European companies covered by an EU REACH registration, as an importer;
- European and non-European manufacturers covered by an EU REACH registration wishing to appoint a UK-based Only Representative (OR) who will take care of the registration and the obligations which normally incumb to the importer.
In both cases, companies making these notifications will have 2, 4 or 6 years from 28th October 2021 to complete the full registration of their substances and transmit all necessary information to the HSE.
UK REACH registration deadlines
Following the above-mentioned notifications, companies have several deadlines to complete their UK REACH registrations. These are spread out over time as follows, and may be subject to change depending on UK government:
Deadline following 28th October 2021Tonnage band concerned The deadline also applies to the following substances 2 years from 28th October 2021 1000 tonnes or more per year
- Carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic substances (CMR) - at 1 tonne or more per year
- Substances that are extremely toxic to aquatic organisms (acute or chronic) - at 100 tonnes or more per year
- Substances on the candidate list for authorisation (as of 31st December 2020)
4 years from 28th October 2021 100 tonnes or more per year Substances on the Candidate list for authorisation (as of 27th October 2023) 6 years from 28th October 2021 1 tonne or more per year
EcoMundo accompanies you in your registrations through all the upcoming deadlines thanks to its London office. We can also act as OR if need be.
