The REACH Legislation entered into force on June 1st, 2007.

Substances in volumes over one ton per year must be neither manufactured nor imported in the EU (even in preparations / mixtures and articles under certain conditions), unless they are registered.

Transitional periods will be granted under the REACH Regulation in order to perform comprehensive registration tasks. Depending on substance volumes and certain health and environmental classifications, these transitional periods from June 1st, 2007 onwards range from 3 ½ to 11 years (Article 23). To be able to benefit from these transitional periods, and to give you a planning reliability as a user of our products we confirm that we have pre-registered for the products you bought from us in 2008 respectively that our suppliers did pre-register for them.

It is also essential for us to be informed about downstream applications as well as use and exposure information for the respective substances in order to be able to generate the required dossiers and reports covering the identified uses. We will send you under separate cover a questionnaire to support an adequate exchange of information for registration purposes.

Further background information on the REACH Legislation and the terminology / definitions is available in national and industry-specific supporting materials and from REACH helpdesks (e.g. those provided by the national or European associations and Competent Authorities, for example ECHA – European Chemicals Agency).