Revoked registrations: what are the impacts on companies?
At the end of Brexit's transition period, ECHA has announced that 2900 registrations that have not been transferred to entities based in the European Union, meaning one fifth of the UK registrations, will be revoked.
According to ECHA, the number of revoked registrations could increase if the transfer procedures to the EU initiated at the end of the year are not finalised before 31st March. This three-month margin must be respected as it will lead to the cancellation of the registration.
Some non-transferred EU REACH registrations are only held by UK companies. As a result of the revocation, these substances are therefore no longer accessible on the European market for companies that were dependent on British suppliers. There are a number of possibilities for British suppliers:
- Downstream users can register the substances themselves as importers.
- Or British companies can appoint an Only Representative to register these substances under EU REACH.
- Among the revoked registrations, if the substances were only useful for the UK market, there is no impact and in this case no action is expected.
A significant number of the revoked registrations concerns intermediate substances. Their cancellation will therefore have no direct impact on UK stakeholders, as they are used in the manufacture of other substances which are then exported with a valid REACH registration toEurope.
In addition, a trade deal was signed on 24th December, one week before the end of the transition period. This agreement excludes the possibility of using ECHA data for a UK REACH registration. Indeed, companies will no longer be able to transpose their European data from the agency directly to the UK and will have to provide their own data.
For your registrations, EcoMundo can assist you and in all your REACH-related procedures. Our office in London enables us to support your registrations as your Only Representative (OR) and our specialists will advise you and ensure the follow-up of your dossiers over time.
The "Before Brexit" Directives and their implementation
With Brexit, ECHA had planned to dissociate itself from the United Kingdom at the end of the transition period: 1st January 2021. The EU REACH regulation thus completely ceased to apply to the United Kingdom, and the British counterpart of the regulation, UK REACH, came into effect. British companies that wanted to continue to supply the European market had to :
- Either register their substances as exporters under EU REACH via an Only Representative.
- Or rely on their customers, who became importers under EU REACH and would do the registration.
The Agency had announced that, after the end of the transition period, all applications on REACH IT would be completed and registrations still held by UK companies would be revoked. By the end of 2020, 80% of UK companies had therefore started or completed their transfer to European legal entities.
Wish to know more about UK REACH Registration dossiers?
For more information, do not hesitate to contact Saad Shehadeh or one of our experts via our contact form, indicating the purpose of your inquiry.
Revoked registrations: what are the impacts on companies?
At the end of Brexit's transition period, ECHA has announced that 2900 registrations that have not been transferred to entities based in the European Union, meaning one fifth of the UK registrations, will be revoked.
According to ECHA, the number of revoked registrations could increase if the transfer procedures to the EU initiated at the end of the year are not finalised before 31st March. This three-month margin must be respected as it will lead to the cancellation of the registration.
Some non-transferred EU REACH registrations are only held by UK companies. As a result of the revocation, these substances are therefore no longer accessible on the European market for companies that were dependent on British suppliers. There are a number of possibilities for British suppliers:
- Downstream users can register the substances themselves as importers.
- Or British companies can appoint an Only Representative to register these substances under EU REACH.
- Among the revoked registrations, if the substances were only useful for the UK market, there is no impact and in this case no action is expected.
A significant number of the revoked registrations concerns intermediate substances. Their cancellation will therefore have no direct impact on UK stakeholders, as they are used in the manufacture of other substances which are then exported with a valid REACH registration toEurope.
In addition, a trade deal was signed on 24th December, one week before the end of the transition period. This agreement excludes the possibility of using ECHA data for a UK REACH registration. Indeed, companies will no longer be able to transpose their European data from the agency directly to the UK and will have to provide their own data.
For your registrations, EcoMundo can assist you and in all your REACH-related procedures. Our office in London enables us to support your registrations as your Only Representative (OR) and our specialists will advise you and ensure the follow-up of your dossiers over time.
The "Before Brexit" Directives and their implementation
With Brexit, ECHA had planned to dissociate itself from the United Kingdom at the end of the transition period: 1st January 2021. The EU REACH regulation thus completely ceased to apply to the United Kingdom, and the British counterpart of the regulation, UK REACH, came into effect. British companies that wanted to continue to supply the European market had to :
- Either register their substances as exporters under EU REACH via an Only Representative.
- Or rely on their customers, who became importers under EU REACH and would do the registration.
The Agency had announced that, after the end of the transition period, all applications on REACH IT would be completed and registrations still held by UK companies would be revoked. By the end of 2020, 80% of UK companies had therefore started or completed their transfer to European legal entities.
Wish to know more about UK REACH Registration dossiers?
For more information, do not hesitate to contact Saad Shehadeh or one of our experts via our contact form, indicating the purpose of your inquiry.
