Registration means providing all available data on the substance (CAS/EINECS number(s), physiochemical, toxicological, eco-toxicological data, and summaries on vertebrate animal testing results) in one dossier.  This means accessing to and screening of hundreds of studies, identifying gaps, conceiving experimental studies to fill those gaps and drafting testing proposals.

OSOR PRINCIPLE

Preparing for pre-registration only represented a small part of the work actually required to prepare for the registration phase…  Additionally, as REACH provides for one single registration per substance (OSOR principle), all manufacturers and/or importers of the same substance should work together to register their common substance cohesively. 

In accordance with the obligation to register jointly (OSOR principle), a complete Registration Dossier is submitted by a Lead Registrant who submits this complete dataset on behalf of all co-registrants. Co-registrants subsequently submit their company-specific Registration Dossier as part of a joint submission. In order to have a legitimate right to refer to the Lead Registrant's file co-registrants must have paid their share of the cost of preparing the Dossier. For precious metals and rhenium, this can be done by joining the Precious Metals and Rhenium Consortium or by purchasing a Letter of Access which grants them a right to be part of the joint submission.

TONNAGE BANDS AND DEADLINES

The Registration Dossier must be submitted electronically through the REACH IT system to a central database, which will be managed by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).  The Agency is located in Helsinki, Finland.

Once you have pre-registered, the amount of information and testing you will be required to include in your Registration Dossier depends on which tonnage band your manufacture/import volume belongs to.  Deadlines for Registration are also linked to tonnage bands and the classification of the substance to be registered: