The final deadline for substance registration under REACH of May 31, 2018 was a mere deadline for registering a specific tonnage band. However, other obligations under REACH will remain unchanged.

These include, for example, authorization of substances as well as information requirements in the supply chain. The REACH Candidate list has to be monitored in this regard. New substance restrictions have to be considered, too.

Regarding registration, there are also tasks concerning all existing registration dossiers, as they are to be maintained and kept up to date. Besides, the registrants should take time after having submitted registration dossiers to finalize the cooperation with co-registrants and initiate, for example, a cost check of Letter of Access (LoA) or discuss conditions of data sharing in the future.

Finally, the registration deadlines were set for already existing substances on the market, but the chemical industry is a very dynamic field where new substances could be created and will have to be registered as well.