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UK REACH localization "transitional registration" alternative proposed by the UK to reduce burden on enterprises
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2023-11-25
UK REACH localization "transitional registration" alternative proposed by the UK to reduce burden on enterprises
On November 9, 2023, the UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) released a UK REACH policy document outlining the government's plan for an alternative registration model (ATRm) for UK REACH.
As of now, although UK REACH has retained the basic guidelines and methods of EU REACH, the UK chemical industry and stakeholders have expressed concerns about the high cost of registering UK REACH.
To this end, Defra has also been exploring alternative solutions in order to create a more suitable "transitional registration" alternative model for local practical situations.
1、 Transition Registration Alternative Model
In this policy document, Defra stated that the model aims to reduce corporate costs while continuing to ensure an overall commitment to high-level protection of human and environmental health.
The exploration of the new model focuses on the overall operation of UK REACH, with the starting point being how to identify the inherent characteristics (hazards) of chemicals on the market.
In recent years, the industry, scientific community, and regulatory agencies have significantly increased global awareness of the hazards of tens of thousands of chemicals. Nowadays, the ECHA database has more comprehensive information on over 22.000 commonly used chemicals in the European Union.
However, only information on hazards is not enough. To achieve the goal of effective risk assessment and management, it is necessary to have a deep understanding of the use and exposure of these chemicals in the UK market.
At the same time, Defra has gained important experience from the initial experience of implementing UK REACH. Defra believes that regulatory authorities in the UK clearly do not need to fully replicate the registration data of all chemical substances under the EU REACH. Instead, they can adopt more targeted methods, utilize existing information, and identify emerging risk areas based on the work done by the EU and globally, in order to develop regulatory priorities for the UK market.
2、 Significant progress in alternative models
Defra summarized the progress to date, including:
·Refine the information that the registrant needs to provide regarding "purpose and exposure";
·Reduce the data requirements required for 'transitional registration' and intermediate registration to a minimum. This means that UK REACH registrants may not need to pay data fees to EU data holders;
·Significantly reduce industry costs associated with purchasing data citation rights under the EU (estimated at £ 2 billion);
·Improve the authority of the UK authorities so that they can respond quickly and obtain data to ensure they are able to respond to new or emerging risks;
·Review the existing cost structure of UKREACH, including exploring the reduction of administrative costs;
·Revise the UKREACH restriction process to ensure flexibility in taking action as soon as risks are identified.
The goal of the UK government is to obtain, for the first time, a comprehensive "blueprint" of the locations and methods of use of chemicals in the UK market, to ensure that the industry better fulfills its responsibilities and ensures the safe use of chemicals. At the same time, the UK government is able to assess the exposure levels and risks of chemicals within the UK and take targeted regulatory actions when deemed unacceptable.
According to this method, Defra can focus on collecting information about the use and exposure of chemicals, especially those that receive high attention. Once new or emerging risks are identified in the UK or other countries and regions around the world, Defra can request further data in a targeted manner.
Defra is expected to release more details and initiate public consultation early next year.
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