In the past decade (2009-2023), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has conducted compliance reviews on more than 15,000 chemical registration dossiers. By last year, the proportion of REACH registration dossiers under review has increased to 20%, a significant increase compared with 5% in 2019. At the same time, ECHA has also conducted compliance checks on 30% of high-tonnage registered substances (annual production of more than 100 tons).
In 2023, 301 compliance reviews were conducted on more than 1750 REACH registration dossiers involving 274 substances, aiming to supplement potentially missing information to improve the safety of these chemical substances. Thus far, ECHA has made more than 251 data supplement requests to a number of companies.
In the coming years, ECHA will continue to make compliance reviews of registered data a priority. In addition, the Joint Evaluation Action Plan formulated by ECHA in 2019 will be further discussed and planned at the seminar on comprehensive regulatory strategy held in March this year.
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ChemRadar emphasizes that obtaining a registration number under REACH is only the beginning of compliance, not the end of REACH. The relevant enterprise shall immediately revise the registration file in case of any change in the registration information, including but not limited to the change of the registered entity, the update of the safety use guide, the adjustment of the use conditions or exposure scenarios, and the update of the substance hazard information.
