What is the timeline for REACH?
Substances falling under the scope of the REACH Regulation and not exempted from the registration obligation must be registered before they can be manufactured or placed on the market (including import) in the EU. Those substances that have long been on the EU market, called phase-in substances, and those that have not previously been placed on the EU market, called non-phase-in substances, have different timelines for registration. For phase-in substances that are manufactured or imported in a quantity of 1 tonne or more per year, and which have been pre-registered between 1 June, 2008, and 30 November, 2008, the registration provisions are applied in phases to facilitate the organized and effective transition to REACH. The transitional arrangements introduce different deadlines for registration, without the need to interrupt the manufacture or import of these substances. Substances that have not previously been placed on the EU market (non phase-in substances), and phase-in substance
