
Article 1 
The specific method for calculating quantities per year of phase-in substances, as set out in Article 3(30) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, shall continue to apply only until 31 December 2019. Once a registrant has completed the registration of a substance, that registrant shall subsequently calculate his quantity of that substance per calendar year in accordance with Article 3(30) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
Article 2 
The expiry of the transitional regime for phase-in substances in Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 shall not affect the applicability of Article 12(1)(b) of that Regulation.
Article 3 
After registering a substance, registrants, including those who jointly submit data with other registrants, shall continue to fulfil their data-sharing obligations in a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory way as specified in Title III of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/9. In that context, registrants may use informal communication platforms similar to the substance information exchange fora referred to in Article 29 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
Article 4 

1. Where data-sharing negotiations conducted in accordance with Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 result in failure to reach an agreement, the provisions of that Article shall apply only until 31 December 2019.
2. After 31 December 2019, pre-registrations made in accordance with Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 shall no longer be valid and Articles 26 and 27 shall apply to all phase-in substances.
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 9 October 2019.
For the Commission
The President
Jean-Claude JUNCKER