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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023.
(2) These Regulations come into force twenty-one days after the day on which they are made.
(3) These Regulations extend to the United Kingdom and apply in relation to England, Wales and Scotland.
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The REACH Regulation is amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.
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(1) Article 41 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 5—
(a) for the first two subparagraphs substitute—“The registration dossiers selected by the Agency for compliance checking must include—
(a) until 27 October 2027, not less than 20% of the registration dossiers received by the Agency for substances referred to in Article 127P(4B)(a);
(b) until 27 October 2030, not less than 20% of the registration dossiers received by the Agency for substances referred to in Article 127P(4B)(b);
(c) until 27 October 2035, not less than 20% of the registration dossiers received by the Agency for substances referred to in Article 127P(4B)(c).”;
(b) at the end, insert as a new subparagraph—“In this paragraph, references to registration dossiers do not include the dossiers referred to in Article 127B(9).”.
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(1) Article 127P is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (4B)—
(a) in the words before subparagraph (a), after “ending” insert “with”;
(b) in subparagraph (a)—
(i) in the words before point (i), for “two years after the end of the 300 day post-IP completion period” substitute “27 October 2026”;
(ii) in point (i), at the end insert “or added to the candidate list referred to in Article 59(1) on or before 31 December 2023”;
(c) in subparagraph (b)—
(i) in the words before point (i), for “four years after the end of the 300 day post-IP completion period” substitute “27 October 2028”;
(ii) in point (i), for “before the end of the period referred to in subparagraph (a)” substitute “during the period beginning with 1 January 2024 and ending with 27 October 2026”;
(d) in subparagraph (c), for “six years after the end of the 300 day post-IP completion period” substitute “27 October 2030”.
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
28th June 2023