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.

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 e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .