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REACH imposes registration obligations only on manufacturers or importers (and, in specific cases, on producers or importers of articles). The registration obligation does not apply to downstream users or distributors. Therefore, the registration obligation does not apply to you if you have:

• manufactured or imported pre-registered substances before the registration deadline; and
• completely ceased such activities and only used the substances and/or supplied them after that.

For example, importers for whom the last batch of the substance was imported on 31 May 2018, at the latest, may continue to use and/or supply that substance after the deadline without a registration, without time-limitation. Since the pre-registered substance has not been registered, there is no obligation to notify ECHA of the cessation of manufacture/import. Article 50(2) and (3) of the REACH Regulation does not apply to this situation.

If you have not ceased your activities before the registration deadline, you have an obligation to register the substance according to Article 6 of REACH.

If you are a downstream user (or any other actor down the supply chain) who is not subject to the registration obligation, you can continue to use, without time-limitation, and/or supply quantities of the substance that were manufactured or imported before the registration deadline.

For the obligations of a downstream user or distributor and whether they are obliged to check the registration status of the substances on their own or in a mixture, please see Q&A 155

Substances that fulfil at least one of the following criteria may be considered as phase-in substances in accordance with Article 3(20) of the REACH Regulation:

• Substances listed in the European Inventory of Existing Commercial chemical Substances (EINECS);
• Substances that have been manufactured in the EU (including accession countries on 1 January 2007) but have not been placed on the EU market after 1 June 1992;
• Substances that qualify as a so-called ‘no-longer polymer’.

Detailed information can be found in the Guidance on registration, Section 2.3.1. – Phase-in substances vs non phase-in substances.

• Substance EINECS and CAS number (if available) and other identity codes;
• The first envisaged registration deadline;
• The names and other identifiers of related substances that pre-registrants have, i.e. those for which the available information may be relevant for performing adaptation of testing requirements using read across, (Q)SARs and/or grouping of substances.

Fórum pre-SIEF môže mať mnoho účastníkov, ale je možné, že väčšina z nich sa ešte nerozhodla registrovať alebo sa rozhodla neregistrovať. Status „neaktívny“ na fóre pre-SIEF znamená, že spoločnosť látku nebude registrovať, ale nie všetky spoločnosti ho používajú.

Keď spoločnosti neodpovedajú na vaše e-maily, pravdepodobne ich budete musieť kontaktovať inak (ak ich e-mailová adresa je neaktuálna). Môžete sa obmedziť na spoločnosti, ktoré dobre poznáte a o ktorých si myslíte, že pravdepodobne budú registrovať.

Možno vám pomôže, keď si v pravidelných intervaloch stiahnete pdf súbor s potenciálnymi registrujúcimi, aby ste zistili, či sa nezmenili ich kontaktné údaje. Pripomíname, že vaše emaily môžu byť odfiltrované ako nevyžiadaná pošta (spam).

Ak aj ďalšie pokusy o komunikáciu zostanú bez odpovede, zdokumentujte svoje pokusy a sami si pripravte registráciu svojej látky. Svoj postup oznámte ostatným na fóre pre-SIEF. Pouvažujte, či sa nechcete stať sprostredkovateľom vzniku fóra SIEF (SIEF Formation Facilitator, SFF), na fóre pre-SIEF tak budete môcť uviesť, ako môžu ostatní nadviazať kontakt s vami.

Ak je vaša látka zložitou látkou, uvážte možnosť, že iní výrobcovia/dovozcovia tejto látky použili pre ňu iné identifikátory a sú na inom fóre pre-SIEF. Pozrite si zoznam predregistrovaných látok na fórach pre-SIEF, ku ktorým by ste sa mohli pripojiť.

The pre-registrations are not valid as of 1 January 2020 following the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1692.

Companies must register substances that they manufacture or import in quantities of more than one tonne per year in the EU/EEA before they start these activities, unless the substances are exempt from registration.