2,300 substances registered to date for 2013

ECHA reveals results of survey
 

ECHA has released preliminary results of the industry survey it took at the end of 2011 and has published a list of 2,300 phase-in substances that will be registered under REACH by the next deadline on 31 May 2013. A Lead Registrant has been named for about two thirds of these.

The deadline, the second of three under REACH, applies to all phase-in substances manufactured in or imported into the EU in quantities of 100 tonnes/year or more. ECHA, which contacted all companies that had reported in their pre-registration that they intended to register the substance, will update the list on a monthly basis. It also urged registrants to continue supplying it with the requisite information.

ECHA added that the list will also be useful for downstream users to know whether the substance that they use has already been registered or is expected to be registered by 2013. However, it is not linked to the specific uses of their substance, so downstream users are still advised to contact their suppliers and to communicate their specific uses to make sure they will be covered in the Chemical Safety Assessment and Exposure Scenarios associated with a registration.