What to do in case of ceasing the manufacture or import of a registered substance?
Every change in the quantities manufactured or imported resulting in a change of tonnage band requires an update of the registration dossier. In case of ceasing manufacture or import of a registered substance, the registrant must inform ECHA via REACH-IT.
According to ECHA Guidance on Registration (version 2.0, May 2012), chapter 7.2: “Required update on registrant’s own initiative”: “if a registrant has ceased the manufacture or import of the substance, or the production or import of an article, he needs to inform ECHA of this fact with the consequence that the registered volume in his registration, if appropriate, shall be put to zero (Article 50(2)). He must keep the relevant information for 10 years after last manufacture or import and make it available on request (Article 36(1)). In the case where he restarts the manufacture or import of the substance or he restarts the production or import of the article he has to notify ECHA accordingly”.
REACH-IT provides functionality to inform ECHA of cease and restart manufacture. As a consequence, the registered volume is updated to zero, the registration’s status is marked inactive but it remains a valid registration. The registrant may restart manufacture of the substance by simply notifying the Agency of this (no additional fee will be charged).
The information on how to proceed can be found in REACH-IT Industry User Manual Part 6 – Dossier Submission, chapter 3.4: “Cease and Restart Manufacture”.
Following Article 5 of Regulation on REACH fees, no fee shall be charged for a change from a higher to a lower tonnage band, thus the notification of cessation of manufacture or import does not entail any fees.
Additional information:
REACH-IT Industry User Manual Part 6 – Dossier Submission
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