Guidance

Comply with UK REACH: submit and manage chemical registrations and notifications

Use the service to submit and manage chemical registrations and notifications.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
23 September 2015
Last updated
2225 JuneMarch 2022 — See all updates

If you’re based in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) use this service to:

  • submit a new registration for a substance
  • notify that you’re going to continue importing EU REACH registered substances by submitting a Downstream User Import Notification (DUIN)
  • transfer your assets, such as registrations, to another legal entity
  • submit your Northern Ireland notification
  • manage joint registrations - claim the lead registrant role, submit a lead dossier and approve joint registration group members
  • manage your Product and Process Orientated Research and Development (PPORD) notification

Start now

Before you start

Create a Government Gateway account to sign into the service.

Find out how to create an organisation account on the Comply with UK REACH service.

Make sure your substance information is in the correct format as i6z dossier files. You can use IUCLID 6 (or later) to create the files.

Read the UK REACH guidance on the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) website.

Tonnage band deadlines

Under UK REACH, deadlines for the full submission of data to underpin registration dossiers are staggered over a period of 6 years. Find out about tonnage band deadlines and hazard profiles on the HSE website.

UK REACH for businesses in Northern Ireland

Importers based in Great Britain need to submit information about the substances they import from Northern Ireland to Great Britain in quantities of one tonne or more on the Comply with UK REACH service.

Find out about the information requirements for Northern Ireland notifications on the HSE website.

Get help

For help using the Comply with UK REACH service call the UK Chemicals helpline.

UK Chemicals helpline
Telephone: 0330 159 1985
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm (except public holidays)

Published 23 September 2015
Last updated 2225 JuneMarch 2022 + show all updates

  1. Have removed previous sections: - Tonnage band deadlines - UK REACH for businesses in Northern Ireland

  2. We have removed guidance for grandfathering, downstream users, authorisation and restrictions as this information can be found on the Health and Safety Executive website. Joint registrations, substance groups and data sharing is now in a separate guide on gov.uk.

  3. Removed the 'Register a business or organisation for the Comply with UK REACH service (ODT, 13.5 KB)' and replaced with an accessible version.

  4. Information on DUIN added to ‘EU held registrations: GB downstream users’ section.

  5. Updated the Manage your chemicals on UK REACH section.

  6. You can now use the Comply with REACH service to manage joint registrations, including claiming the lead registrant role.

  7. The deadline for businesses based in Great Britain using EU REACH, to register with UK REACH (known as grandfathering) was 30 April 2021.

  8. Changes have been made to the attachment Register a business to comply with UK REACH services to reflect changes to the administration of child accounts.

  9. Updated the attached document for how to register a business or organisation on the Comply with UK REACH service. Including instructions on how to name 'child' accounts.

  10. Added the start button for the Comply with UK REACH service.

  11. Added new guidance on grandfathering, tonnage deadlines and how UK downstream users can notify the HSE, with links to complete guidance on the HSE.

  12. Updated to provide businesses more information on what they'll need to do to prepare for the 1 January 2021

  13. Added link to the process maps collection

  14. Added information on how to make, sell or import chemicals if the UK leaves the EU with no deal, and how to register on REACH after no deal.

  15. Added link to Health and Safety Executive (HSE) guidance on chemical regulations and preparing for Brexit. See 'Prepare for Brexit'.

  16. Amended link to registration support page.

  17. First published.

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