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UK REACH compliance tool

SI 2019/758 · United Kingdom · Binding instrument

Name anyone on your staff. The system makes them your compliance person.

A member of your own staff, with no compliance background, reads the training module, answers the interview, and finishes with your UK REACH documentation cited article by article. The knowledge stays in the business.

Every account level runs inside a dedicated Claude account. Anyone can try a toolkit in their own Claude account; compliance work runs in a dedicated one. The Claude Max plan is £90 a month, paid to Anthropic, and is not included in any level.

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UK REACH is SI 2019/758, a binding instrument in the United Kingdom. UK chemical registration regime post-Brexit, parallel to EU REACH.

The free assessment screens for UK REACH when a business manufactures, imports or uses chemicals.

Sectors this instrument reaches: chemicals; manufacturing.

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• Your exact position under UK REACH: what is in place, what is missing, and what to do about each gap.
• Documentation with article citations, ready for auditors, insurers, customers and public buyers.
• A trained person inside the business who understands what the regulation requires, and stays.
• A dated record of every section completed, with the reports themselves staying in your own Claude account. The toolkit is carried by an account level, see the plans.
• All of it completed in-house, at your own pace, without booking a single meeting.

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Does UK REACH apply to my business?

UK REACH applies if you manufacture, import, use as a downstream user, distribute or hold an authorisation for chemicals and are established in Great Britain, or if you are an existing EU registrant with a relevant connection to Great Britain. The transitional provisions in Schedule 2 also catch registrants, downstream users and distributors who held an EU REACH position from 29 March 2017, provided the Article 127N connection test is met.

Who does UK REACH apply to?

It applies to manufacturers, importers, downstream users, distributors and holders of authorisations under EU REACH established in Great Britain, and to existing EU registrants with a current or relevant past connection with Great Britain. Schedule 2 extends it to registrants, downstream users and distributors who held an EU REACH position from 29 March 2017, subject to the Article 127N connection test.

Does UK REACH apply to a small business?

No general size threshold exempts a business from UK REACH. SME thresholds exist only for fee purposes under the EU Commission Recommendation on the SME definition as modified for UK use, with a turnover ceiling of £43.650 million and a balance sheet ceiling of £37.539 million.

When does UK REACH apply from, and what are the deadlines?

Most operative provisions commence at IP completion day, 31 December 2020, under reg. 1(1). Deadlines run from that date: 60 days for Articles 127F(1), 127H(4) and 127J(2); 120 days for Articles 127B(4), 127B(6), 127C(3), 127K(4), 127L(3) and 127M(3); 180 days for Article 127G(1)(b); 300 days for Articles 127E(7) and 127E(8); and 2, 4 or 6 years after the 300-day period under Article 127P(4B).

What does UK REACH require me to do?

You must convert your existing EU REACH registration into its GB equivalent by submitting the Article 10(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) information and the ECHA registration number and date to the Agency within 120 days of IP completion day under Articles 127B(4) and 127B(6), and notify any existing ECHA decision under Article 127C(3). Other duties depend on your role, including authorisation information under Article 127F(1) and protected import notifications under Article 139A(6) and (7).

What records or documents does UK REACH require me to keep or produce?

You must submit Article 10(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) information and the ECHA registration number and date under Articles 127B(4) and 127B(6), and notify any existing ECHA decision under Article 127C(3). The ongoing Article 36 record-keeping duty carried over from EU REACH applies, and GB importers under protected NI imports must keep records and give pre-import notification under Article 139A(6) and (7).

What happens if I do not comply with UK REACH?

SI 2019/758 sets no fine amounts of its own. Enforcement runs through the REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2852), which Schedule 10 amends to extend the enforcement tables to Articles 127B, 127C, 127E, 127F, 127H, 127J, 127K, 127L, 127M and 139A, with the Health and Safety Executive as the enforcing authority.

How do I start complying with UK REACH?

The first practical step is to submit your transferred registration data to the Agency: the Article 10(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) information and the ECHA registration number and date under Articles 127B(4) and 127B(6), and notification of any existing ECHA decision under Article 127C(3), all within 120 days of IP completion day.

Which ComplianceSME account includes the UK REACH toolkit?

The UK REACH agent toolkit is included from the Medium level.

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