REACH TIMELINE

Effective June 1, 2007, REACH, the new European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use, replaced numerous EU laws related to chemicals. REACH provisions will be phased-in over 11 years.

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1 June 2007
REACH entered into force

1 December 2008
Deadline for all pre-registrations

The following extended registration deadlines apply to phase-in substances that have been pre-registered:

1 December 2010

  • Substances produced or imported in quantities equal to or greater than 1000 mton/year
  • Carcinogens, mutagens and substances toxic to reproduction (CMR category 1 and 2) equal to or greater than 1 mton/year
  • Substances classified as very toxic to aquatic organisms (R50/53) at and above 100 mton/year;

1 June 2013
Substances produced or imported in quantities equal to or greater than 100 mton/year;


1 June 2018
Substances produced or imported in quantities equal to or greater than 1 mton/year

SACHEM Europe B.V. is SACHEM's representative for all REACH related information. For questions regarding REACH and SACHEM, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .