From 1/6/08 "pre-registration" of substances manufactured or imported in quantities of 1 tonne or more per annum (known as "phase-in" substances) will be possible for a window of 6 months.
Doing so will ensure that the chemical will be considered as part of a staggered assessment and full registration programme starting with the highest volumes, over 1,000 tonnes per annum, and most hazardous substances first. These will need to be registered, with the appropriate level of technical data, by November 2010 ranging through to the lowest threshold of 1 to 100 tonnes per annum that require registration by May 2018.
Failure to pre-register means that the substance cannot be manufactured or put on the market until it has been registered with the required data.
Doing so will ensure that the chemical will be considered as part of a staggered assessment and full registration programme starting with the highest volumes, over 1,000 tonnes per annum, and most hazardous substances first. These will need to be registered, with the appropriate level of technical data, by November 2010 ranging through to the lowest threshold of 1 to 100 tonnes per annum that require registration by May 2018.
Failure to pre-register means that the substance cannot be manufactured or put on the market until it has been registered with the required data.
After the first couple of weeks of pre-registrations the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) based in Helsinki reports that 1,150 legal entities have signed up from EU Member States. There have been 5,460 pre-registrations with 40% of those from Germany, 26% from the UK and 7% from both France and Spain.
Pre-registration is optional but failure to do so means that after 1/12/08 the substance will be considered as a non phase-in and the requirement to register becomes immediate, along with the submission of a comprehensive technical dossier.
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Pre-registration is optional but failure to do so means that after 1/12/08 the substance will be considered as a non phase-in and the requirement to register becomes immediate, along with the submission of a comprehensive technical dossier.
Directive Decoder
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