Last reviewed 30 June 2023

The REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023, SI 2023 No. 722 have been published which formally extend the UK REACH deadlines by amending Article 127.

The deadlines are now confirmed as below.

Deadline (last date for dossier submission)

Tonnage

Hazardous property

27 October 2026

1000 tonnes or more per year 

  • Carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMRs) - 1 tonne or more per year

  • Very toxic to aquatic organisms (acute or chronic) - 100 tonnes or more per year

  • Candidate list substances (as at 31 December 2020) 

27 October 2028 

100 tonnes or more per year 

Candidate list substances (as at 27 October 2023) 

27 October 2030 

1 tonne or more per year 

 

In addition, Article 41 has been amended to delaying the compliance checks that HSE must undertake.

The registration dossiers selected by the Agency for compliance checking must include:

  • (a) until 27 October 2027, not less than 20% of the registration dossiers received by the Agency for substances referred to in Article 127P(4B)(a)

  • (b) until 27 October 2030, not less than 20% of the registration dossiers received by the Agency for substances referred to in Article 127P(4B)(b)

  • (c) until 27 October 2035, not less than 20% of the registration dossiers received by the Agency for substances referred to in Article 127P(4B)(c).

The regulation can be read in full here.