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REACH: REACH Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006), explained

The REACH Regulation covers every chemical substance made in or imported into the EU, on its own, in a mixture or in an article: registration with ECHA from one tonne a year, authorisation for substances of very high concern and the Annex XVII restrictions. It has applied since 1 June 2008 and Annex XVII is amended several times a year, most recently by Regulation (EU) 2026/1168 of 22 June 2026.

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Who it applies to

Covered by the act

  • Chemical substances on their own, in mixtures and in articles that are manufactured in, imported into or placed on the market in the EU and the EEA, whatever the sector, unless an Article 2 exemption applies
  • Manufacturers and importers of substances and mixtures, who must register substances at 1 tonne a year or more before manufacture or import (no data, no market)
  • Producers and importers of articles, who must register substances intended to be released, notify substances of very high concern above 0,1 % and 1 tonne a year, and pass on Article 33 information
  • Downstream users, from formulators to industrial and professional users, and distributors and retailers as suppliers of substances, mixtures and articles
  • The substances of very high concern on the Candidate List and in Annex XIV, and the substances, groups and uses restricted in Annex XVII

Derived and downstream products

  • Radioactive substances, substances under customs supervision in transit, non-isolated intermediates and waste are outside the regulation altogether, and Member States may exempt specific substances for defence (Art. 2(1) to Art. 2(3))
  • Medicinal products, food and feed are exempt from registration, downstream-user duties, evaluation and authorisation, and cosmetics are exempt from the safety data sheet rules and from authorisation of CMR substances, but the restrictions in Annex XVII still reach them, except that cosmetics are outside the entries that address risks to human health (Art. 2(5), Art. 2(6), Art. 56(5) and Art. 67(2))
  • Polymers need no registration, but the monomers and other substances bound in them must be registered by the polymer's manufacturer or importer at 1 tonne a year or more (Art. 2(9) and Art. 6(3))
  • An article stays an article: the 0,1 % threshold for Candidate List substances is calculated per article as produced or imported, including each article assembled into a complex product (Court of Justice, Case C-106/14, 10 September 2015)
  • A non-EU manufacturer may appoint an only representative established in the Union, who then takes over the importers' registration duties (Art. 8)

Roles under the act

Manufacturer of a substance

Any natural or legal person established within the Community who manufactures a substance within the Community.

Source · Art. 3(9)
Importer (of substances, mixtures or articles)

Any natural or legal person established within the Community who is responsible for import, meaning the physical introduction into the customs territory of the Community.

Source · Art. 3(10) and Art. 3(11)
Producer of an article

Any natural or legal person who makes or assembles an article within the Community; an article is an object which during production is given a special shape, surface or design which determines its function to a greater degree than does its chemical composition.

Source · Art. 3(3) and Art. 3(4)
Downstream user (formulator, industrial or professional user) or only representative

Any natural or legal person established within the Community, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who uses a substance, either on its own or in a mixture, in the course of his industrial or professional activities; a distributor or a consumer is not a downstream user. An only representative is the Union-established person appointed by a non-Community manufacturer to fulfil the importers' obligations.

Source · Art. 3(13) and Art. 8
Distributor (wholesaler or retailer)

Any natural or legal person established within the Community, including a retailer, who only stores and places on the market a substance, on its own or in a mixture, for third parties; as a supplier of a substance, mixture or article the distributor carries the information duties of Title IV.

Source · Art. 3(14), Art. 3(32) and Art. 3(33)

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The rules behind this check
  1. Radioactive substances, waste, non-isolated intermediates, substances in customs transit and defence-exempted substances · any · any Not in scope Article 2(1) to 2(3) take radioactive substances, substances under customs supervision, non-isolated intermediates, the carriage of dangerous goods and waste outside the regulation, and let Member States exempt substances for defence. Source · Art. 2(1), Art. 2(2) and Art. 2(3)
  2. Medicinal products, food, feed, medical devices and cosmetics under their own sector rules · any · any It depends Medicinal products, food and feed are exempt from registration, downstream-user duties, evaluation and authorisation; cosmetics are exempt from safety data sheets and from authorisation of CMR substances; medical devices are exempt from the safety data sheet rules for invasive or body-contact devices. Annex XVII restrictions still apply, except that cosmetics are outside the entries that address risks to human health, and the sector's own rules govern the rest. Source · Art. 2(5), Art. 2(6), Art. 56(5) and Art. 67(2)
  3. Polymers and articles made of polymers · Manufacturer of a substance, Importer (of substances, mixtures or articles) · any It depends Polymers are exempt from registration and evaluation, but the manufacturer or importer must register the monomers and other substances that make up 2 % or more of the polymer at 1 tonne a year or more, unless a supplier up the chain already registered them; restrictions and Candidate List duties apply to polymer articles like any other article. Source · Art. 2(9), Art. 6(3) and Art. 7
  4. Substances on their own or in mixtures, manufactured or imported at 1 tonne a year or more (chemicals, paints, inks, adhesives, cleaning products, cosmetics ingredients) · Manufacturer of a substance, Importer (of substances, mixtures or articles) · any In scope A substance manufactured or imported at 1 tonne a year or more, on its own or in a mixture, must be registered before it is manufactured or placed on the market; from 10 tonnes a chemical safety assessment is required, and the registration must be updated without undue delay when new information arises. Source · Art. 5, Art. 6(1), Art. 14(1) and Art. 22
  5. Substances on their own or in mixtures, manufactured or imported below 1 tonne a year · Manufacturer of a substance, Importer (of substances, mixtures or articles) · any In scope Below 1 tonne a year per manufacturer or importer a substance needs no registration, but it stays within REACH: the supplier must provide a safety data sheet when the substance or mixture is classified as hazardous under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, is PBT or vPvB or is on the Candidate List, and on request for certain non-classified mixtures, and otherwise passes on the Article 32 information; the Annex XVII restrictions and the authorisation requirement for Annex XIV substances apply whatever the tonnage. Source · Art. 6(1), Art. 31(1), Art. 31(3), Art. 32(1), Art. 56(1) and Art. 67(1)
  6. Substances on their own or in mixtures, manufactured or imported at 1 tonne a year or more (chemicals, paints, inks, adhesives, cleaning products, cosmetics ingredients), Substances on their own or in mixtures, manufactured or imported below 1 tonne a year · Downstream user (formulator, industrial or professional user) or only representative, Distributor (wholesaler or retailer) · any In scope Downstream users must use substances within the conditions of the exposure scenarios they receive or prepare their own chemical safety report, and every supplier in the chain passes safety data sheets and Article 32 information down and new hazard information up. Source · Art. 31, Art. 32, Art. 34 and Art. 37
  7. Articles that contain a Candidate List substance above 0,1 % weight by weight (electronics, textiles, furniture, toys, packaging, components), Articles with an intended release of a substance (scented products, ink cartridges, cleaning wipes, fragranced erasers) · Producer of an article, Importer (of substances, mixtures or articles) · any In scope Substances intended to be released from articles must be registered at 1 tonne a year or more; Candidate List substances present above 0,1 % weight by weight in the articles and totalling more than 1 tonne a year must be notified to ECHA within six months of listing, unless exposure can be excluded or the substance is already registered for that use. Source · Art. 7(1), Art. 7(2), Art. 7(3), Art. 7(6) and Art. 7(7)
  8. Articles that contain a Candidate List substance above 0,1 % weight by weight (electronics, textiles, furniture, toys, packaging, components) · Producer of an article, Importer (of substances, mixtures or articles), Distributor (wholesaler or retailer) · any In scope Every supplier of an article containing a Candidate List substance above 0,1 % must give the recipient at least the substance name and enough information for safe use, and must answer a consumer's request within 45 days free of charge, whether or not a notification was due. Source · Art. 33(1) and Art. 33(2)
  9. Articles covered by an Annex XVII entry (nickel in jewellery, cadmium and lead in plastics and jewellery, phthalates in toys and childcare articles, azo dyes and chromium VI in textiles and leather, formaldehyde in furniture, PFHxA in clothing, microplastics) · any · any In scope A substance subject to an Annex XVII restriction may not be manufactured, placed on the market or used unless the conditions of the entry are met; the entries set limits per article or per homogeneous material, name the exempt products and give the dates from which each ban applies. Source · Art. 67(1) and Annex XVII
  10. any · any · any It depends Whether REACH applies turns on whether the product is a substance, a mixture or an article, whether an Article 2 exemption covers it, the tonnage per manufacturer or importer, whether a Candidate List substance is present above 0,1 % and whether an Annex XVII entry names the substance and the use. Source · Art. 2, Art. 3, Art. 6, Art. 7, Art. 33 and Art. 67

Key dates

  1. Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 adopted by the European Parliament and the Council; published in OJ L 396 of 30 December 2006 and republished with corrections in OJ L 136 of 29 May 2007 Source · title, dates and corrigendum 32006R1907R(01)
  2. Entry into force; the European Chemicals Agency is established and the transitional rules for the notified substances of Directive 67/548/EEC start Source · Art. 75 and Art. 141(1)
  3. Registration (Title II), data sharing (Title III), downstream users (Title V), evaluation (Title VI), authorisation (Title VII), the classification and labelling inventory (Title XI) and the information rules (Title XII) apply; pre-registration of phase-in substances opens Source · Art. 28(2) and Art. 141(2)
  4. Pre-registration window closes; only pre-registered phase-in substances keep the staggered registration deadlines of Article 23 Source · Art. 23 and Art. 28(2)
  5. Restrictions (Title VIII and Annex XVII) apply and Directive 76/769/EEC on marketing and use restrictions is repealed Source · Art. 67, Art. 139 and Art. 141(4)
  6. First registration deadline: phase-in substances at 1 000 tonnes a year or more, CMR category 1 and 2 substances at 1 tonne or more and substances very toxic to aquatic organisms at 100 tonnes or more Source · Art. 23(1)
  7. Second registration deadline: phase-in substances at 100 tonnes a year or more Source · Art. 23(2)
  8. Final registration deadline: phase-in substances at 1 tonne a year or more; since then every substance needs a registration before manufacture or import Source · Art. 5, Art. 6 and Art. 23(3)
  9. Regulation (EU) 2020/878 applies: the revised Annex II format for safety data sheets, with old-format sheets accepted until 31 December 2022 Source · Art. 2 and Annex
  10. Regulation (EU) 2023/2055 in force: Annex XVII entry 78 restricts synthetic polymer microparticles (microplastics), with product-specific transition periods of 4 to 12 years Source · Art. 2 and Annex
  11. ECHA's compliance-check target: dossiers checked for at least 20 % of the registrations in the 100 tonnes or more band Source · Art. 41(5)
  12. Regulation (EU) 2024/2462 in force: Annex XVII entry 79 on PFHxA, its salts and related substances, with the first product bans from 10 April 2026 and 10 October 2026 Source · Art. 2 and Annex
  13. Regulation (EU) 2025/1731 applies: newly classified carcinogens, mutagens and reproductive toxicants added to Appendices 2, 4 and 6 of Annex XVII, extending entries 28 to 30 to them Source · Art. 2 and dates
  14. Regulation (EU) 2025/1988 in force: Annex XVII entry 82 restricts per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in firefighting foams Source · Art. 2 and dates
  15. Regulation (EU) 2026/859 in force: Annex XVII entry 83 on 2,4-dinitrotoluene in articles, banning it above 0,1 % in articles for professional users and the public after 10 May 2027 Source · Art. 2 and Annex, entry 83 paragraph 1
  16. Annex XVII entry 70 as replaced by Regulation (EU) 2024/1328 bites: D4, D5 and D6 at 0,1 % or more may no longer be placed on the market as substances, as constituents or in mixtures, and may not be used for dry cleaning, subject to the derogations in the entry Source · Annex, entry 70 paragraphs 1 to 4
  17. Regulation (EU) 2026/1168 in force: the microplastics derogations in entry 78 are corrected for medicinal products in clinical trials and for product and process-oriented research and development, applying retroactively from 17 October 2023; the tightened solid-matrix derogation applies from 22 June 2028 Source · Art. 2 and Annex
  18. Annex XVII entry 77 applies: articles may not be placed on the market if they release more than 0,062 mg/m3 of formaldehyde (furniture and wood-based articles) or 0,080 mg/m3 (other articles) under the Appendix 14 test Source · Annex, entry 77 paragraph 1
  19. Annex XVII entry 79 applies to consumer clothing and related accessories, footwear, textiles, leather, furs and hides for the public, paper and board food-contact materials, cosmetics and consumer mixtures: 25 ppb for PFHxA and its salts, 1 000 ppb for PFHxA-related substances Source · Annex, entry 79 paragraph 1
  20. Annex XVII entry 83 applies: 2,4-dinitrotoluene at 0,1 % or more may no longer be placed on the market in articles for professional users or the public, with exemptions for explosives, military articles, police ammunition, toys, medical devices and food-contact articles Source · Annex, entry 83 paragraphs 1 and 3
  21. Annex XVII entry 77 applies to road vehicles: the interior may not release more than 0,062 mg/m3 of formaldehyde Source · Annex, entry 77 paragraph 2
  22. ECHA's compliance-check target: at least 20 % of the registrations in every tonnage band checked Source · Art. 41(5)

What you must do

Obligations by role

Manufacturer of a substance11
  • Register every substance you manufacture at 1 tonne a year or more with ECHA before manufacture, submitting the Annex VI to XI information for the tonnage band jointly with the other registrants of the same substance, and pay the registration fee. Art. 5, Art. 6, Art. 10, Art. 11 and Art. 12
  • From 10 tonnes a year carry out a chemical safety assessment, document it in a chemical safety report and attach exposure scenarios for the identified uses to the safety data sheet. Art. 14 and Art. 31(7)
  • Update the registration without undue delay when the tonnage band, composition, uses, classification or hazard knowledge changes, within the deadlines of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1435. Art. 22Art. 1 to Art. 3
  • Submit the information ECHA's dossier or substance evaluation decisions require by the deadline they set. Art. 41 and Art. 46
  • Supply a safety data sheet in the Annex II format, in an official language of the Member State of supply, for hazardous substances and mixtures, PBT and vPvB substances and Candidate List substances. Art. 31(1) to (5) and Annex II
  • For substances and mixtures that need no safety data sheet, supply recipients with the Article 32 information: registration number, authorisation or restriction status and the information needed for risk-management measures. Art. 32
  • Update the safety data sheet without delay when new hazard, authorisation or restriction information arrives, and send it free of charge to every recipient supplied in the preceding 12 months. Art. 31(9)
  • Do not place an Annex XIV substance on the market or use it after its sunset date without an authorisation for that use. Art. 56
  • Put the authorisation number on the label of an authorised substance, or of a mixture containing it, before placing it on the market. Art. 65
  • Do not manufacture, place on the market or use a substance, on its own, in a mixture or in an article, in breach of an Annex XVII restriction. Art. 67 and Annex XVII
  • Keep all information needed for your REACH duties for at least 10 years after you last manufactured or supplied the substance, and hand it to the authorities on request. Art. 36
Importer (of substances, mixtures or articles)6
  • Register every substance you import at 1 tonne a year or more, on its own or in a mixture, before import, unless an only representative appointed by the non-EU manufacturer has registered it and treats you as a downstream user. Art. 5, Art. 6, Art. 8 and Art. 12
  • For imported articles, register substances intended to be released at 1 tonne a year or more, unless the substance is already registered for that use. Art. 7(1) and Art. 7(6)
  • Notify ECHA of Candidate List substances in imported articles above 0,1 % weight by weight and 1 tonne a year within six months of their listing, unless you can exclude exposure or the substance is already registered for that use. Art. 7(2), Art. 7(3) and Art. 7(7)
  • Carry the chemical safety assessment, safety data sheet, authorisation and restriction duties of a manufacturer for the substances and mixtures you import, in the language of the Member State of supply. Art. 14, Art. 31, Art. 32, Art. 56 and Art. 67
  • Check every imported article against the Annex XVII entries that name it, including the concentration limits, test methods and application dates, and against the Candidate List before each shipment. Art. 33, Art. 59(10) and Annex XVII
  • Keep the registration, notification and supply-chain information for 10 years after the last import and give it to the authorities on request. Art. 36
Producer of an article8
  • Register substances intended to be released from your articles when the total exceeds 1 tonne a year, unless the substance is already registered for that use. Art. 7(1) and Art. 7(6)
  • Screen your bills of materials against the Candidate List after each update, notify ECHA of substances above 0,1 % weight by weight and 1 tonne a year within six months, and record the article-level calculation (Case C-106/14) for complex products. Art. 7(2), Art. 7(3), Art. 7(7) and Art. 59(10)
  • Give every business recipient of an article containing a Candidate List substance above 0,1 % weight by weight the substance name and the information needed for safe use. Art. 33(1)
  • Answer a consumer's request about a Candidate List substance above 0,1 % in an article free of charge within 45 days. Art. 33(2)
  • Notify ECHA's SCIP database of articles containing a Candidate List substance above 0,1 % weight by weight before placing them on the market. Art. 9(1)(i) and Art. 9(2)
  • Design and source so that your articles meet the Annex XVII entries that apply to them, tracking the entries with future application dates such as formaldehyde (6 August 2026), PFHxA (10 October 2026) and 2,4-dinitrotoluene (10 May 2027). Art. 67 and Annex XVII
  • Use an Annex XIV substance in producing your articles only under an authorisation granted to you or to an actor up your supply chain, within its conditions. Art. 56(2)
  • Keep supplier declarations, test reports, notifications and Article 33 communications for 10 years after the last supply. Art. 36
Downstream user (formulator, industrial or professional user) or only representative6
  • Pass new information on hazardous properties, and on the adequacy of the risk-management measures in the safety data sheet, to the actor or distributor immediately up the supply chain. Art. 34
  • Pass safety data sheets and Article 32 information down to your own customers when you supply substances or mixtures. Art. 31 and Art. 32
  • Use an Annex XIV substance only under an authorisation granted to you or to an actor up the supply chain, within its conditions. Art. 56(2)
  • Notify ECHA within three months of the first supply of an Annex XIV substance used under an authorisation granted to someone up your supply chain. Art. 66
  • As an only representative appointed by a non-EU manufacturer, you carry the importers' registration and supply-chain duties for the substances covered. Art. 8(2)
  • Hold up-to-date information on the quantities imported and the customers supplied, and on the latest safety data sheet, and keep it for 10 years. Art. 8(2) and Art. 36
Distributor (wholesaler or retailer)5
  • Pass the safety data sheet or the Article 32 information you receive on to your own customers, in the language of the Member State of supply, and forward updated sheets when your supplier sends them. Art. 3(32), Art. 31, Art. 32 and Art. 34
  • As a supplier of articles, give business customers the Candidate List information you received under Article 33(1). Art. 3(33) and Art. 33(1)
  • Answer a consumer's request about a substance of very high concern in an article you supply free of charge within 45 days. Art. 33(2)
  • Do not place on the market substances, mixtures or articles that breach an Annex XVII restriction, and check that consumer products in your range meet the entries that name them, including the supply-to-the-general-public bans in entries 28 to 30. Art. 67 and Annex XVII
  • Keep the information you received and passed on for 10 years after the last supply and make it available to the authorities on request. Art. 36

REACH in plain terms

Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, known as REACH after its four procedures, Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals, is the EU’s framework law on chemical substances. Its purpose is a high level of protection of human health and the environment, including the promotion of alternatives to animal testing, together with the free circulation of substances on the internal market and enhanced competitiveness and innovation (Art. 1(1)). It places the responsibility on industry: manufacturers, importers and downstream users must ensure that they manufacture, place on the market or use substances that do not adversely affect human health or the environment (Art. 1(3)).

The regulation reaches far beyond the chemical industry. Every product is a substance, a mixture or an article, and articles carry duties of their own: registration of substances intended to be released, notification and communication of substances of very high concern from the Candidate List, and the restrictions in Annex XVII that name substances in jewellery, toys, textiles, leather, furniture, electronics, packaging and cosmetics. Since the final registration deadline of 1 June 2018 the “no data, no market” principle of Article 5 applies to every substance manufactured or imported at 1 tonne a year or more, and Annex XVII is amended several times a year, most recently by Regulations (EU) 2026/859 and 2026/1168.

Official text Read the regulation on EUR-Lex: Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (CELEX 32006R1907), or the consolidated text of 22 June 2026 that includes every amendment to Annex XVII.

Scope

REACH applies to the manufacture, placing on the market and use of substances on their own, in mixtures or in articles, and to the placing on the market of mixtures (Art. 1(2)). A substance is a chemical element and its compounds, a mixture is a solution of two or more substances, and an article is an object which during production is given a special shape, surface or design that determines its function to a greater degree than its chemical composition does (Art. 3(1) to Art. 3(3)). The actors are the manufacturer (Art. 3(9)), the importer (Art. 3(11)), the producer of an article (Art. 3(4)), the downstream user (Art. 3(13)), the distributor (Art. 3(14)) and, for non-EU manufacturers, the only representative of Article 8.

Article 2 draws the outer limits. Radioactive substances, substances under customs supervision in transit, non-isolated intermediates, the carriage of dangerous goods and waste are outside the regulation, and Member States may exempt substances for defence (Art. 2(1) to Art. 2(3)). Medicinal products, food and feed are exempt from registration, downstream-user duties, evaluation and authorisation, and cosmetics from the safety data sheet rules and from authorisation of CMR substances (Art. 2(5), Art. 2(6) and Art. 56(5)); polymers are exempt from registration, though their monomers are not (Art. 2(9) and Art. 6(3)). The restrictions in Annex XVII reach every sector, with one carve-out: they do not apply to cosmetics as regards risks to human health, which the Cosmetics Regulation covers (Art. 67(2)).

Tonnage is counted per legal entity and per calendar year, so each importing company in a group needs its own registration or must be covered by an only representative. For articles, the Court of Justice settled in Case C-106/14 (10 September 2015) that the 0,1 % threshold for Candidate List substances is calculated per article as produced or imported, including every article assembled into a complex product, never against the weight of the finished product.

Registration: no data, no market

A substance may not be manufactured in or placed on the market in the EU unless it has been registered where registration is required (Art. 5). The duty falls on each manufacturer and importer at 1 tonne a year or more (Art. 6(1)); the registration contains the technical dossier of Article 10 with the Annex VI to XI information for the tonnage band (Art. 12), and from 10 tonnes a chemical safety assessment documented in a chemical safety report (Art. 14). Registrants of the same substance share data and submit jointly through a lead registrant (Art. 11 and Art. 27 to Art. 30). The phase-in deadlines of Article 23 (1 December 2010, 1 June 2013 and 1 June 2018) have passed, so a new substance or a new importer needs a registration before the first tonne.

Registrations must be kept up to date without undue delay when the tonnage band, composition, uses, classification or hazard knowledge changes (Art. 22), within the deadlines set by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1435. ECHA checks dossiers for compliance, with a target of 20 % of the registrations in every tonnage band by 31 December 2027 (Art. 41(5)), and the Member States evaluate substances of concern under the Community rolling action plan (Art. 44 to Art. 48). A registration can be lost: an incomplete dossier is rejected (Art. 20) and manufacture or import must stop.

Articles: intended release, Candidate List notification and Article 33

Producers and importers of articles have three duties. A substance intended to be released from articles under normal or reasonably foreseeable conditions of use, a fragrance in an eraser or the ink in a cartridge, must be registered when the total exceeds 1 tonne a year, unless it is already registered for that use (Art. 7(1) and Art. 7(6)). A Candidate List substance present above 0,1 % weight by weight in the articles and totalling more than 1 tonne a year must be notified to ECHA within six months of its inclusion in the list, unless the producer or importer can exclude exposure during use and disposal (Art. 7(2), Art. 7(3) and Art. 7(7)).

The third duty reaches every supplier of an article, including distributors and retailers (Art. 3(33)). Where a Candidate List substance is present above 0,1 %, the supplier must give the business recipient enough information for safe use, at least the name of the substance, with every delivery, and must answer a consumer’s request within 45 days free of charge (Art. 33). The same articles must be notified to ECHA’s SCIP database under Article 9(1)(i) of the Waste Framework Directive since 5 January 2021. ECHA updates the Candidate List twice a year, so screening bills of materials is a recurring task, not a one-off exercise.

Authorisation and the Candidate List

Substances of very high concern are those meeting the criteria of Article 57: carcinogens, mutagens and reproductive toxicants of category 1A or 1B, PBT and vPvB substances under Annex XIII, and substances of equivalent concern such as endocrine disruptors and respiratory sensitisers. ECHA identifies them through the Article 59 procedure and places them on the Candidate List, which triggers the Article 7(2) and Article 33 duties immediately and the safety data sheet duty of Article 31(1)(c) for the substance itself.

From the Candidate List the Commission moves priority substances into Annex XIV (Art. 58). After the sunset date an Annex XIV substance may only be placed on the market or used for a purpose covered by an authorisation the Commission has granted to an applicant on adequate-control or socio-economic grounds (Art. 56, Art. 60 and Art. 62). The authorisation number goes on the label (Art. 65), and a downstream user who relies on an authorisation granted up the supply chain must notify ECHA within three months of the first supply (Art. 66). Exemptions apply to uses that other Union legislation already regulates, such as cosmetics for human-health risks, medicinal products and food (Art. 56(4) and Art. 56(5)).

Restrictions in Annex XVII

A substance listed in Annex XVII may not be manufactured, placed on the market or used unless it complies with the conditions of its entry (Art. 67(1)). Restrictions are adopted by the Commission on a dossier prepared by ECHA or a Member State, after opinions of the Committees for Risk Assessment and Socio-economic Analysis and a public consultation (Art. 68 to Art. 73). The entries that matter most to product companies are the ones on substances in articles: nickel in jewellery and items in prolonged skin contact (entry 27), the CMR entries 28 to 30 banning supply to the general public, cadmium in plastics, jewellery and brazing (entry 23), lead in jewellery and consumer articles (entry 63), phthalates in toys, childcare articles and consumer articles (entries 51 and 52), azo dyes in textiles and leather (entry 43), chromium VI in leather (entry 47), PAHs in rubber and plastic parts (entry 50), PFOA and related substances (entry 68), D4, D5 and D6 (entry 70) and the newest entries on formaldehyde (77), microplastics (78), PFHxA (79), DMAC and NEP (80 and 81), PFAS in firefighting foams (82) and 2,4-dinitrotoluene (83).

The current calendar is dense: entry 70 applies to D4, D5 and D6 as substances and in mixtures from 6 June 2026, entry 77 to formaldehyde emissions from articles from 6 August 2026 and from road vehicles from 6 August 2027, entry 79 to PFHxA in consumer clothing, footwear, textiles, food-contact paper and board, cosmetics and consumer mixtures from 10 October 2026, and entry 83 to 2,4-dinitrotoluene in articles from 10 May 2027. Entry 78 on microplastics keeps its product-specific transition periods to 2035, with the derogations for medicinal products in clinical trials and for research and development corrected retroactively by Regulation (EU) 2026/1168 and its solid-matrix derogation narrowed from 22 June 2028.

Information in the supply chain

Title IV keeps the information flowing in both directions. Suppliers of substances and mixtures provide a safety data sheet in the Annex II format, in an official language of the Member State of supply and free of charge, for hazardous substances and mixtures, PBT and vPvB substances and Candidate List substances, on request for certain mixtures below the classification limits, and with exposure scenarios annexed when a chemical safety report was required (Art. 31). For other substances the registration number, authorisation, restriction and risk-management information of Article 32 travels instead. Updated sheets go to every recipient of the last 12 months when new hazard information, an authorisation or a restriction arrives (Art. 31(9)).

Downstream users, from formulators to industrial and professional users, use substances within the conditions of the exposure scenarios they receive or prepare their own chemical safety report and report the use to ECHA (Art. 37 to Art. 39), and every actor passes new hazard information and doubts about the risk-management measures up the chain (Art. 34). Workers get access to the information for the substances they handle (Art. 35), and every manufacturer, importer, downstream user and distributor keeps the information needed for its REACH duties for at least 10 years after the last manufacture, import, supply or use (Art. 36).

How REACH relates to CLP, RoHS, POPs and the SCIP database

The CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 decides how a substance or mixture is classified, labelled and packaged, and those classifications trigger REACH duties: the safety data sheet, the CMR entries 28 to 30 of Annex XVII (updated for newly classified substances by Regulation (EU) 2025/1731) and the Article 57 criteria for substances of very high concern. The RoHS Directive restricts ten substances in electrical and electronic equipment in parallel, with its own exemptions and CE-marking route, and the POPs Regulation bans the persistent organic pollutants of the Stockholm Convention independently of Annex XVII. The Waste Framework Directive’s SCIP database receives the Candidate List information that Article 33 requires suppliers of articles to pass on, so the same bill-of-materials screening serves both duties.

Enforcement and consequences

Member States designate the competent authorities and enforcement bodies, maintain a system of official controls and lay down effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties (Art. 121, Art. 125 and Art. 126). ECHA’s Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement coordinates Union-wide inspection projects on registration, safety data sheets, Candidate List communication and restricted substances in consumer products (Art. 76(1)(f) and Art. 77(4)). For products, the market-surveillance powers of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which lists REACH in its Annex I, allow authorities to order withdrawal, recall and destruction and to stop non-compliant articles at the border. In Denmark, Miljøstyrelsen’s chemical inspection enforces REACH, and the Chemicals Act provides for fines and, for intentional or grossly negligent breaches that harm or endanger health or the environment, imprisonment of up to two years.

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Penalties

Enforced by Each Member State appoints the competent authorities and the enforcement bodies that carry out official controls and lays down the penalties (Art. 121, Art. 125 and Art. 126); the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki runs registration, evaluation and the authorisation and restriction procedures, and its Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement coordinates the national inspection projects (Art. 76(1)(f) and Art. 77(4)). Restrictions on substances in products are also enforced through the market-surveillance powers of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which lists REACH in its Annex I. In Denmark the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Miljøstyrelsen) is the competent authority and its chemical inspection checks registrations, safety data sheets, Candidate List information and restricted substances in products.

Member States lay down the penalties for infringements of the regulation and take all measures necessary to ensure they are implemented; the penalties must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and had to be notified to the Commission by 1 December 2008 (Art. 126). National authorities can order withdrawal or recall of non-compliant products and prohibit further supply under the market-surveillance powers of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which lists REACH in its Annex I, and ECHA can revoke registration numbers and reject incomplete dossiers, which stops manufacture or import (Art. 5 and Art. 20). In Denmark the Chemicals Act punishes infringements with fines and, for intentional or grossly negligent breaches that cause harm or an obvious risk of harm to health or the environment, with imprisonment of up to two years.

Source · Art. 5, Art. 20, Art. 125 and Art. 126Source · Art. 14, Art. 16 and Annex I

What changed

Entry into force, amendments and Compliance Radar entries for REACH, newest first.

  1. Applies

    Formaldehyde limit applies to road vehicles

    Annex XVII entry 77 paragraph 2 applies: road vehicles may not be placed on the market if the interior concentration of formaldehyde exceeds 0,062 mg/m3 under the Appendix 14 test, with exemptions for vehicles exclusively for industrial or professional use and for second-hand vehicles.

    Source · Annex, entry 77 paragraph 2
  2. Applies

    2,4-dinitrotoluene banned in articles

    Annex XVII entry 83 applies: 2,4-dinitrotoluene may not be placed on the market or used at 0,1 % or more in articles for professional users or the general public, except in explosives, military articles, police ammunition, toys, medical devices and food-contact articles.

    Source · Annex, entry 83
  3. Applies

    PFHxA restriction applies to consumer textiles, footwear, food-contact paper and cosmetics

    Annex XVII entry 79 paragraph 1 applies: 25 ppb for PFHxA and its salts and 1 000 ppb for PFHxA-related substances in clothing and related accessories, footwear, textiles, leather, furs and hides for the general public, paper and board food-contact materials, mixtures for the general public and cosmetics.

    Source · Annex, entry 79 paragraph 1
  4. Guidance

    Applicability check: category for substances and mixtures below 1 tonne a year

    A supplier of substances or mixtures below 1 tonne a year had no category in the check. A new category answers in scope: no registration is required below 1 tonne a year, but the safety data sheet duties, the Article 32 information, the Annex XVII restrictions and the authorisation requirement apply whatever the tonnage, and the downstream-user and distributor duties are the same as above 1 tonne.

    Source · Art. 6(1), Art. 31, Art. 32, Art. 56(1) and Art. 67(1)
  5. Applies

    Formaldehyde emission limits apply to articles

    Annex XVII entry 77 paragraph 1 applies: articles may not be placed on the market if they release more than 0,062 mg/m3 of formaldehyde (furniture and wood-based articles) or 0,080 mg/m3 (other articles) under the Appendix 14 test conditions, with exemptions for naturally occurring formaldehyde, second-hand articles and articles for outdoor or industrial use.

    Source · Annex, entry 77 paragraph 1
  6. Amendment

    Regulation (EU) 2026/1168 corrects the microplastics derogations

    The regulation of 1 June 2026, published on 2 June 2026, entered into force: the entry 78 derogation for medicinal products now covers products used in clinical trials and preparatory testing, a new derogation covers product and process-oriented research and development up to 1 tonne a year (both from 17 October 2023), and the solid-matrix derogation excludes short-duration end uses from 22 June 2028.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Annex
  7. Applies

    D4, D5 and D6 restricted as substances and in mixtures

    Annex XVII entry 70 as replaced by Regulation (EU) 2024/1328 applies: the three cyclosiloxanes at 0,1 % or more may no longer be placed on the market as substances, as constituents of other substances or in mixtures, or be used for dry cleaning, with derogations for leave-on cosmetics, medical devices, medicinal products, D5 in dry cleaning and named industrial uses.

    Source · Annex, entry 70 paragraphs 1 to 4
  8. Amendment

    Regulation (EU) 2026/859 adds entry 83 on 2,4-dinitrotoluene

    The regulation of 20 April 2026, published on 21 April 2026, entered into force and added Annex XVII entry 83, banning 2,4-dinitrotoluene at 0,1 % or more in articles for professional users and the general public after 10 May 2027.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Annex
  9. Amendment

    Regulation (EU) 2025/1988 restricts PFAS in firefighting foams

    The regulation of 2 October 2025, published on 3 October 2025, entered into force and added Annex XVII entry 82 on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in firefighting foams, with use-specific transition periods and management duties for existing stocks.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and dates
  10. Applies

    Newly classified CMR substances covered by entries 28 to 30

    Regulation (EU) 2025/1731 of 8 August 2025, in force on 31 August 2025, applies: the carcinogens, mutagens and reproductive toxicants newly classified under CLP are listed in Appendices 2, 4 and 6 of Annex XVII, so they may not be supplied to the general public on their own or in mixtures above the concentration limits of entries 28 to 30.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and dates
  11. Amendment

    Regulation (EU) 2025/1090 adds entries 80 and 81 on DMAC and NEP

    The regulation of 2 June 2025, published on 3 June 2025, entered into force and added binding derived no-effect levels for workers for N,N-dimethylacetamide and 1-ethylpyrrolidin-2-one to Annex XVII, to be respected in chemical safety assessments and safety data sheets.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and dates
  12. Amendment

    Regulation (EU) 2025/660 restricts PAHs in clay targets

    The regulation of 1 April 2025, published on 2 April 2025, entered into force and added Annex XVII entry 50a on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in clay targets for shooting sports.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and dates
  13. Amendment

    Regulation (EU) 2024/2462 adds entry 79 on PFHxA

    The regulation of 19 September 2024, published on 20 September 2024, entered into force and added Annex XVII entry 79 on undecafluorohexanoic acid, its salts and related substances, with bans from 10 April 2026 for training and testing foams and from 10 October 2026 for consumer textiles, footwear, food-contact paper and board, cosmetics and consumer mixtures.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Annex
  14. Amendment

    Regulation (EU) 2024/1328 widens entry 70 on D4, D5 and D6

    The regulation of 16 May 2024 entered into force and replaced Annex XVII entry 70: the cyclosiloxanes D4, D5 and D6 are restricted as substances, in mixtures and in leave-on cosmetics with application dates from 6 June 2026 and derogations running to 2031 and 2034.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Annex
  15. Amendment

    Regulation (EU) 2023/2055 restricts intentionally added microplastics

    The regulation of 25 September 2023, published on 27 September 2023, entered into force and added Annex XVII entry 78: synthetic polymer microparticles may not be placed on the market on their own or in mixtures at 0,01 % or more, with an immediate ban for loose glitter and microbeads and transition periods of 4 to 12 years for other products, plus information, labelling and reporting duties.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Annex
  16. Amendment

    Regulation (EU) 2023/1464 adds entry 77 on formaldehyde

    The regulation of 14 July 2023, published in OJ L 180 of 17 July 2023, entered into force and added Annex XVII entry 77 and Appendix 14 on formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers in articles and road vehicles, applying from 6 August 2026 and 6 August 2027.

    Source · Art. 1, Art. 2 and Annex
  17. Applies

    Revised safety data sheet format applies

    Regulation (EU) 2020/878 applies: safety data sheets follow the revised Annex II, with the unique formula identifier, nanoforms, endocrine-disrupting properties and specific concentration limits; sheets in the old format were accepted until 31 December 2022.

    Source · Art. 2 and Annex
  18. Applies

    Final registration deadline

    Phase-in substances manufactured or imported at 1 tonne a year or more had to be registered; since this date no substance may be manufactured or placed on the market at 1 tonne a year or more without a registration.

    Source · Art. 5, Art. 6 and Art. 23(3)
  19. Applies

    Restrictions in Annex XVII apply

    Title VIII and Annex XVII apply and Directive 76/769/EEC is repealed: the marketing and use restrictions of the old directive continue as Annex XVII entries and new entries are adopted by the Commission through the Article 68 to 73 procedure.

    Source · Art. 67, Art. 139 and Art. 141(4)
  20. Applies

    Registration, evaluation, authorisation and supply-chain duties apply

    Titles II, III, V, VI, VII, XI and XII apply: registration and pre-registration open, downstream-user and supply-chain information duties start and ECHA begins evaluation; pre-registration ran until 1 December 2008 and the staggered registration deadlines followed in 2010, 2013 and 2018.

    Source · Art. 23, Art. 28 and Art. 141(2)
  21. In force

    Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 enters into force

    The regulation of 18 December 2006, published in OJ L 396 of 30 December 2006 and republished with corrections in OJ L 136 of 29 May 2007, entered into force and established the European Chemicals Agency in Helsinki.

    Source · Art. 75, Art. 141(1) and dates

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Questions people ask about REACH

Does REACH apply to my company if we only sell finished products, not chemicals?

Yes. Producers, importers and every supplier of articles carry the Article 7 registration and notification duties for substances intended to be released and for Candidate List substances above 0,1 %, the Article 33 information duty towards customers and consumers, and the Annex XVII restrictions on substances in articles such as nickel, cadmium, lead, phthalates, azo dyes, formaldehyde, PFHxA and microplastics.

Source · Art. 7, Art. 33 and Annex XVII
What is the Candidate List and what does 0,1 % mean?

The Candidate List holds the substances that ECHA has identified as substances of very high concern under Article 59: carcinogens, mutagens and reproductive toxicants, PBT and vPvB substances and substances of equivalent concern such as endocrine disruptors. When a listed substance is present above 0,1 % weight by weight in an article, calculated per article and not per finished product (Case C-106/14), the supplier must inform customers under Article 33 and the producer or importer must notify ECHA under Article 7(2) when the substance also totals more than 1 tonne a year.

Source · Art. 7(2), Art. 33, Art. 57 and Art. 59
What is the difference between authorisation and restriction?

Authorisation (Title VII) applies to the substances of very high concern in Annex XIV: after the sunset date they may only be placed on the market or used for a purpose covered by an authorisation the Commission has granted to an applicant, and downstream users notify ECHA when they rely on it. Restriction (Title VIII) applies to any substance: Annex XVII sets conditions or bans for named substances and uses that every actor must meet without applying for anything.

Source · Art. 56, Art. 60, Art. 66 and Art. 67
Do I need to register if my supplier or a non-EU manufacturer has already registered?

Each legal entity that manufactures or imports a substance at 1 tonne a year or more needs its own registration; you can rely on someone else's only if you buy from an EU supplier (you are then a downstream user) or if the non-EU manufacturer has appointed an only representative under Article 8 who lists you as an importer covered by its registration. Registrants of the same substance share the data and submit jointly.

Source · Art. 6, Art. 8, Art. 11 and Art. 27
Which REACH restrictions get new application dates in 2026 and 2027?

Entry 70 on the cyclosiloxanes D4, D5 and D6 applies to substances and mixtures from 6 June 2026, entry 77 on formaldehyde applies to articles from 6 August 2026 and to road vehicles from 6 August 2027, entry 79 on PFHxA applies to consumer clothing, footwear, textiles, food-contact paper and board, cosmetics and consumer mixtures from 10 October 2026, and entry 83 on 2,4-dinitrotoluene in articles applies from 10 May 2027. The microplastics entry 78 keeps its staggered dates to 2035, with the derogation wording corrected by Regulation (EU) 2026/1168.

Source · AnnexSource · AnnexSource · AnnexSource · AnnexSource · Annex
When do I have to provide a safety data sheet?

A supplier must provide a safety data sheet, free of charge and in an official language of the Member State of supply, for substances and mixtures classified as hazardous, for PBT and vPvB substances and for Candidate List substances, and on request for mixtures below the classification limits that contain such substances or have a Union workplace exposure limit. For other substances and mixtures the registration number, authorisation, restriction and risk-management information of Article 32 is passed on instead.

Source · Art. 31(1) to Art. 31(5) and Art. 32
How does REACH relate to RoHS, POPs, CLP and the SCIP database?

CLP decides how substances and mixtures are classified and labelled, and those classifications trigger REACH duties such as the safety data sheet and the Annex XVII entries on CMR substances. RoHS restricts ten substances in electrical equipment in parallel, the POPs Regulation bans the persistent organic pollutants independently of REACH, and the SCIP database under Article 9 of the Waste Framework Directive receives the same Candidate List information that Article 33 requires suppliers of articles to pass on.

Source · Art. 33Source · Art. 9(1)(i)
How long must I keep REACH records?

Every manufacturer, importer, downstream user and distributor must assemble and keep the information required to carry out its REACH duties for at least 10 years after it last manufactured, imported, supplied or used the substance or mixture, and must submit it to the competent authority or ECHA on request; the same rule reaches suppliers of articles for their Article 33 information.

Source · Art. 36

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  1. Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH), consolidated text of 22 June 2026 (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02006R1907-20260622
  2. Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 as published in OJ L 396, 30 December 2006 (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32006R1907
  3. Document information, dates and relationships for CELEX 32006R1907 (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32006R1907
  4. Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32008R1272
  5. Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/878 amending Annex II on safety data sheets (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32020R0878
  6. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1435 on the deadlines for updating registrations (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32020R1435
  7. Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1464 on formaldehyde and formaldehyde releasers (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R1464
  8. Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2055 on synthetic polymer microparticles (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R2055
  9. Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1328 on D4, D5 and D6 (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R1328
  10. Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/2462 on PFHxA, its salts and PFHxA-related substances (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R2462
  11. Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/660 on PAHs in clay targets (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32025R0660
  12. Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/1090 on DMAC and NEP (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32025R1090
  13. Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/1731 on CMR substances subject to restrictions (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32025R1731
  14. Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/1988 on PFAS in firefighting foams (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32025R1988
  15. Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/859 on 2,4-dinitrotoluene in articles (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32026R0859
  16. Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/1168 amending the microplastics entry (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32026R1168
  17. Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 on market surveillance and compliance of products (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32019R1020
  18. Directive 2008/98/EC on waste, consolidated text, Article 9 on the SCIP database (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02008L0098-20251016
  19. Judgment of the Court of 10 September 2015, Case C-106/14, FCD and FMB (EUR-Lex) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62014CJ0106
  20. Understanding REACH (European Chemicals Agency) https://echa.europa.eu/regulations/reach/understanding-reach
  21. Candidate List of substances of very high concern for authorisation (European Chemicals Agency) https://echa.europa.eu/candidate-list-table
  22. Substances restricted under REACH, Annex XVII (European Chemicals Agency) https://echa.europa.eu/substances-restricted-under-reach
  23. REACH Regulation (European Commission, DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/chemicals/reach_en

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