The European Union, on its website (http:\/\/europa.eu\/rapid\/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP\/08\/564&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en), urged industry, chemical manufacturers, and importers who wish to continue manufacturing and importing existing chemical substances to complete pre-registration between June 1 and December 1, 2008. It is estimated that the EU will receive more than 18,000 registration files. Pre-registration allows for information sharing among companies registering the same chemical substances, enhancing knowledge about these substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Registration of new chemical substances (substances other than existing chemical substances) began on June 1, 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are two ways to pre-register, but both must use the REACH-IT system:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Online registration is conducted through the REACH-IT system on the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) website: All documents and information required for chemical substance registration are uploaded to ECHA via this tool. Once uploaded, the data is stored in the REACH-IT database. Registered companies can then log in at any time to review their files, search for information, and obtain contact information for companies registering the same substance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. Pre-register via computer file: Upload the file to REACH-IT in XML format using the IUCLID 5 system provided by ECHA or the vendor's own software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ECHA will publish a list of all pre-registered substances on its website on January 1, 2009. The list will include the substance name, identification code, and registration deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The appendix contains the EU's Q&A regarding pre-registration and registration (5 pages in total), published on April 11 this year, for manufacturers' reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Reference source: EU Enterprise website<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013 Translated by Plastic Industry Technology Development Center <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For reference only, please refer to the original text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n