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General obligation to register is based on Article 5 of the REACH regulation, under which:

Substances on their own, in preparations or in articles shall not be manufactured in the Community or placed on the market unless they have been registered in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Title where this is required.

Almost all chemicals are subject to provisions of the REACH Regulation, however, a number of chemicals, such as plant protection products, biocides, medicinal products, cosmetics and food additives or feed, are regulated by other community provisions. They are excluded from the activities of some or almost all of the provisions of Regulation. Substances derived from nature, unless they are dangerous and have not been chemically modified are exempted from registration.

With regard to certain categories of chemicals, the provisions of the REACH regulation does not apply or apply to a limited extent.

Registration is the process by which any manufacturer or importer (or producer of articles), of a substance within the scope of REACH must submit prescibed information to ECHA.

After creating a REACH-IT user account, and before submitting a registration, a company should either have pre-registered during the pre-registration phase or pre-register as a ‘late comer’ or submit an inquiry. When a substance is manufactured or imported by more than one company, these companies are required to submit certain information together (see Guidance on data sharing). This is called the joint submission of data.

For substances manufactured or imported at more than 10 tonnes per year, and where a Chemical Safety Report (CSR) is required, a format is being developed as part of the Guidance for Chemical Safety Report (to be made available in the Formats section of the ECHA guidance web pages).

For further information, incl. on practial issues, please consult following websites:

Source: Webiste of the European Chemicals Agency (www.echa.eu) and the website of the European Commission (http://europa.eu/agencies/community_agencies/echa/index_en.htm).