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CHEMEXCIL
Basic Chemicals, Cosmetics & Dyes Export Promotion Council
(Set-up by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt of India)
Jhansi Castle, 4th floor, 7-Cooperage Road, Mumbai - 400 001.
Tel: +91-22- 69821200-206
info@chemexcil.in Web : https://chemexcil.in
EPC:REG:UK-REACH:PW-AS:2025-26:657 7th August 2025
To
All members of the Council,
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Important Update-Public Consultation on Extension of UK REACH Transitional Registration Deadlines
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Dear Members,
We wish to inform you that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) - UK Government has launched a public consultation on its proposal to extend the UK REACH transitional registration submission deadlines.
The consultation has opened on 14th July 2025 and will close on 8th September 2025.
As you are aware that under UK REACH, businesses placing chemical substances on the Great Britain (GB) market are required to register relevant information with the UK REACH Agency (Health and Safety Executive – HSE).
Since the BREXIT, the data previously submitted under EU REACH was not transferred to the UK authorities. To address this, the UK has proposed an Alternative Transitional Registration model (ATRm), and is now consulting on revised deadlines to support its implementation.
Current Transitional (Extended) Deadlines are as under
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Current Deadlines
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Tonnage
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Proposed New Options -1
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Proposed New Options -2
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Proposed New Options -3
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27 October 2026
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1000 tonnes or more per year - All hazard classes, including non-hazardous substances
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≥100 tpa - Aquatic Acute 1 H400 and
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Aquatic Chronic 1 H410
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≥1 tpa - Carcinogenic, Mutagenic or toxic to Reproduction category 1A or 1B
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≥1 tpa - Substances on the UK REACH candidate list by 31 December 2023
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October 2029
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April 2029
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April 2029
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27 October 2028
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100 tonnes or more per year - All hazard classes, including non-hazardous substances
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≥1 tpa – Substances added to the UK REACH candidate list between 1 January 2024 and 27 October 2026
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October 2030
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April 2031
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April 2030
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27 October 2030
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1 tonne or more per year- All remaining hazard classes and non-hazardous substances
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October 2031
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April 2033
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April 2031
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The UK government prefers Option 1 as it allows sufficient time to finalise ATRm and industry to transition.
The consultation seeks views on extending deadlines for HSE’s compliance checks on 20% of registration dossiers, as required under Article 41(5) of UK REACH.
Chemical manufacturers and importers in UK are encouraged to submit their views and feedback to the UK REACH Policy & Legislation,Consultation Team. The last date to submit the inputs / views is 8th September 2025.
After the consultation, a summary of the responses to this consultation will be published and placed on the government website at www.gov.uk/defra .
Responses to this consultation will be reviewed and considered in the future policy development of the regulations.
In view of above we request our members to take the note of it. CHEMEXCIL will update on this issue from time to time.
Thanks and Regards
Raghuveer Kini
Director General
CHEMEXCIL
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