ECHA updates list of pre-registered substances

ERJ staff report (DS)

Helsinki, Finland -- ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency has published an updated listing of pre-registered chemicals on its website. The agency is responsible for implementing te REACH (Registration, evaluation, accreditation and restriction of chemicals) legislation in Europe. The new listing 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.

It contains further improvements:
• CAS numbers are now provided for some substances that were previously identified only by chemical name;
• The search functions for the list have been improved;
• List numbers (in the format of EC numbers) are included for those substances without a current EC number to make registration easier

Echa said, "Please note that the list is made up of pre-registrations submitted by industry. In ECHA's opinion the list contains many preparations and substances that did not require registration. ECHA advises companies to verify what registrations they need to make."

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Press release from ECHA

Access updated listing on ECHA site