2. Industry progress on REACH

Where do we stand?

The first registration stage has been completed for substances produced in quantities of more than :

• 1,000 t/an ;

• 100 t/year if they are likely to be persistent, bioaccumulative or toxic;

• 1 t/year if carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic.

After this first registration phase, which ended on November 30, 2010, ECHA received 24,675 dossiers concerning 3,400 substances (compared with...