Authorisation
Authorisation
REACH allows companies to apply for an authorisation to continue or start using and placing substances included in the Authorisation List (Annex XIV of REACH) on the market. You can find information on the process itself and support to prepare and submit your application through the links below.
Authorisation
Authorisation List
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The list of substances subject to authorisation, latest application dates and sunset dates.
Evaluating applications
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Documents on how applications are treated and evaluated including the reference DNELs or dose-response relationships.
Current consultations
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Comment on the applications for authorisation by providing information on safer alternatives.
How to apply for authorisation
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Guidance documents, formats, presentations, Q&A, fee calculator, how to submit, finding partners.
Past consultations and opinions
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The page contains the applications, the comments received during the consultations and the applicants' responses.
Events
- 13 - 14 November 2017Stock-taking Conference on Applications for Authorisation
- 22 August 2017Workshop on applications for authorisation for environmental endocrine disruptors
- 18-19 April 2017Seminar on Applications for Authorisation
- 17 November 2015Workshop on Streamlining Applications for Authorisation
- 29-30 June 2015 Seminar on applications for authorisation
- 10-11 February 2015 ECHA/EC Conference on lessons learnt from applications for authorisation
- Previous events
Related
- Socio-economic impacts of REACH authorisations (2017) [PDF] [EN]
- Authorisation process
- Addressing substances of concern
- Report of the AfA task force 2017 [PDF] [EN]
- Report of the AfA task force 2016 [PDF] [EN]
- AfA task force report 2014-15 [PDF] [EN]
- Factsheet: Applications for Authorisation under REACH [PDF] [EN]
- Estimating the number and types of applications for 11 substances added to the Authorisation List in February 2020 [PDF]
- Statistics on received applications
- Statistics on downstream uses covered by granted authorisations
- Process and actors
- Substituting hazardous chemicals
- Socio-economic impacts of REACH authorisations (2021) [PDF] [EN]
- Costs and benefits of REACH restrictions proposed between 2016-2020 [PDF] [EN]
- Estimating the number of applications expected for five substances added to the Authorisation List in April 2022 [PDF] [EN]