Opening hours
The European Chemicals Agency's business hours are:
Monday to Friday 09:00–18:00 (Helsinki time)
Submissions through ECHA’s IT tools (REACH-IT, R4BP 3, ePIC, ECHA submission portal)
ECHA’s Submission IT tools are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. To perform the necessary maintenance, REACH-IT is closed every Monday morning from 7:00 to 10:00 (Helsinki time).
ECHA’s helpdesk support is available during ECHA’s business hours via contact page.
Public holidays in 2020
- January 1, Wednesday, New Year’s Day
- January 2, Thursday, Day following New Year’s Day
- January 3, Friday, Closure for Agency removal
- January 6, Monday, Epiphany
- April 10, Friday, Good Friday
- April 13, Monday, Easter Monday
- May 1, Friday, Labour Day
- May 21, Thursday, Ascension Day
- May 22, Friday, Day following Ascension Day
- June 19, Friday, Midsummer Eve
- November 2, Monday, All Souls' Day
- December 24-31, Thursday to Thursday, End-of-year closure (six days)
Public holidays in 2021
- 1 January, Friday, New Year’s Day
- 6 January, Wednesday, Epiphany
- 1 April, Thursday, Maundy Thursday
- 2 April, Friday, Good Friday
- 5 April, Monday, Easter Monday
- 13 May, Thursday, Ascension Day
- 14 May, Friday, Day following Ascension
- 25 June, Friday, Midsummer Eve
- 1 November, Monday, All Saints’ Day
- 6 December, Monday, Independence Day
- 23 to 31 December, Thursday to Friday, ECHA end of year closure (7 days)
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