How will the UK withdrawal affect you?
Please note that after the transition period:
If your company is established in the EU/EEA, you are affected whenever your supply chains as a customer or supplier extend to the UK. Here and below, ‘the UK’ means Great Britain, i.e. the United Kingdom excluding Northern Ireland.
If your company is established in the UK, the EU chemicals legislation, which includes REACH, CLP, BPR,PIC and POPs, will no longer apply to you after the transition period, if your chemical substances, mixtures or articles, biocidal products or active substances are placed on the market only in the UK. This is also the case if you export certain chemicals directly to non-EU/EEA countries from the UK.
If your business is in any way connected to the EU Member States or the EEA countries, you will have to prepare for changes before the end of the transition period.
Know your role
Start by identifying your role in the supply chain and your connection to the EU and EEA market. Where and with whom you do business will determine how the withdrawal affects you.
From the options below, select the role that describes your business. If your situation does not fit any of these roles or you wish to know more, you can read all our Q&As under “Advice to companies / Q&As”.
UK-company based in Northern Ireland
UK-based REACH registrant
UK-based only representative
UK-based manufacturer or supplier of substances under the BPR
EU-based company
UK-based mixture supplier
UK-based authorisation holder under REACH
EU downstream user of an authorised substance
Manufacturer or formulator outside the EU/EEA
How will the UK withdrawal affect you?
- Act now – updated IT tools and Brexit advice for companies 05/11/2020
- EU Commission notice to stakeholders on export and import of hazardous chemicals [PDF] [EN] 17/07/2020
- EU Commission: Getting ready for the end of the transition period - readiness notices
- EU Commission notice to stakeholders on biocidal products [PDF] [EN] 17/06/2020
- EU Commission notice to stakeholders on chemicals regulation 30/03/2020
- Act and prepare for ‘no deal Brexit’ to stay on the market and keep supplies 12/09/2019
- Companies recommended to transfer registrations before the UK’s withdrawal 03/04/2019
- Act now to stay on the EU market after the UK’s withdrawal 08/02/2019
- ECHA updates information for companies on UK withdrawal from EU 11/10/2018

List of substances registered only by UK companies [XLSX] (Updated 05/01/2021)
See also
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