REACH flowchart for EU-based companies

Manufacturer or Importer
of a substance

Quantity of one
tonne or more per
year and legal
entity

yes

Is the substance exempted from the Scientific or product and Is the substance
scope of registration according to process oriented Already notified by definition a Before manufacturing or
Article 2 (1) to (3) no research and no new substance no phase-in no
importing you have to
No further action Annexes IV and V development (PPORD) (67/548/EEC) substance register the substance
required partially exempted Article 2 (5-9) Article 3 (22) Article 3 (20)

yes yes yes

yes
Only the holder of the
notification is covered, all Pre-registration of the
PPORD notification
other manufacturers/ substance
Article 9 (2)
importers need to register.

On-site isolated or
no transported isolated
intermediate.
Article 3 (15)

yes

If certain conditions met

Full registration of the
registration with reduced
substance
information is possible.
Article 6,7
Article 17 (2,3), Article 18 (2,4)

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