Updated REACH list of pre-registered substances published

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHAⁱ) has published an updated version of the list of pre-registered substances on its website. The list contains around 143,000 substances which were pre-registered by 65,000 companies between 1 June and 1 December 2008. ECHA does not expect all of these substances to be registered. The new list contains a number of improvements, including a better search function and the inclusion of list numbers (in the format of EC numbers) for those substances without a current EC number to make registration easier.

The list’s publication triggers the next phase of the REACHⁱ process, in which firms making or importing the same chemical will share data in substance information exchange fora (SIEFs). SIEFs will coordinate many aspects of the full Registration process, which will take several years. The list of pre-registered substances can be accessed from the ECHA website:

http://apps.echa.europa.eu/preregistered/pre-registered-sub.aspx