Dear Sir / Madam

As you might be aware, REACH is a regulation of the European Union, adopted to improve the protection of human health and the environment from the risks that can be posed by chemicals, while enhancing the competitiveness of the EU chemicals industry. It also promotes alternative methods for the hazard assessment of substances in order to reduce the number of tests on animals.

If you manufacture or export chemical substances to the EU above one tonne per year, you may have registration obligations under REACH. Additionally, if you manufacture or export product (mixture, article), it may contain substances that need to be registered individually.

If you have pre-registered substances that you manufacture or export to the EU above one tonne but not more than 100 tonnes per year and have not already registered them, then the REACH registration deadline for your products is 31 May 2018.

In the above context, many representations were received by the Council and the Ministries regarding the problems faced by exporters of Indian small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the context of REACH Registration deadline of 2018 concerning the high Letter of Access (LOA) Cost.

The Council is in receipt of the letter dated 9th March 2018 with the subject “Problems being faced by Indian SMEs in the context of REACH registration deadline for 2018” from the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, New Delhi, which is attached herewith.

The letter encloses one copy each of the following documents.

1.     Letter dated 23rd Feb 2018 from ECHA in reply to Ministry of Chemicals letter dated 31st January 2018

2.  Email communication dated 5th March 2018 from Embassy of India to EU, Belgium and Luxembourg conveying that from 1st June 2018 only substances that have a valid registration will be allowed on the EU market

The members whose products are being exported to EU and are falling under REACH regulation are requested to take a note of it and get their substances registered before 31st May 2018.

Thanking You,

Yours faithfully,

S G Bharadi
Executive Director

Encl:

http://chemexcil.in/uploads/files/Letter_from_moCF_to_ECHA_regd_problems_faced_by_Indian_companies.pdf