# REACH – registration, safety data sheets, restrictions, authorisations

Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC

- Status: Amendments pending
- Legal order: European Union
- Legal area: Chemicals and worker health
- OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1, as amended
- Business profile: Mining, Smelting, Semi-fabrication, Recycling, Scrap trade, Product manufacturers

## In brief

A smelter or processor manufacturing or importing metals, alloys and compounds ≥1 t/year registers them with ECHA; the supplier provides safety data sheets, and the Annex XVII restrictions concern, inter alia, lead, cadmium, nickel and arsenic.

## Key obligations

- registration of a substance manufactured or imported in quantities of ≥1 t/year; without registration, placing on the market is prohibited (Art. 5, Art. 6(1))
- exemption from registration of a recovered substance if it is the same as a registered substance and the recovering entity has the information from the safety data sheet (Art. 2(7)(d))
- ores, ore concentrates and minerals not chemically modified are exempt from registration (Art. 2(7)(b) in conjunction with Annex V, point 7)
- provision to the recipient of a safety data sheet for a hazardous substance or mixture, PBT/vPvB or SVHC (Art. 31(1), Annex II)
- information on SVHC >0.1% w/w in an article for the recipient and, at the request of a consumer, within 45 days (Art. 33(1)–(2))
- compliance with the Annex XVII restrictions, inter alia entry 63 – lead in PVC <0.1% w/w from 29.11.2024, with derogations (Art. 67(1))

## Competent authority

President of the Bureau for Chemical Substances; supervision: State Sanitary Inspection, Inspection for Environmental Protection, National Labour Inspectorate (PIP), Trade Inspection (Art. 29 of the Act on chemical substances and their mixtures)

## Penalties

Penalties laid down by the Member State (Art. 126 REACH); in PL, inter alia, a fine of up to PLN 200,000 for lack of registration (Art. 49(1)), up to 2 years’ imprisonment for breach of Annex XVII (Art. 36(2)) – Act on chemical substances and their mixtures

## Entry into force

01.06.2007

## Application

from 1.06.2007; Titles II, III, V–VII from 1.06.2008 (Art. 141); Annex XVII restrictions – according to the dates of the individual entries

## Key dates

- 29.11.2024: Annex XVII, entry 63, paragraph 15 – lead in PVC articles <0.1% w/w (Regulation (EU) 2023/923)
- 28.05.2026: recovered rigid PVC from the applications in point 18(a)–(d) – only for new articles of those categories
- 28.05.2028: review by the Commission of the derogation for recovered PVC (Annex XVII, entry 63, paragraph 18)
- 28.05.2033: end of derogations: recovered rigid PVC <1.5% Pb and PVC-silica separators in lead-acid batteries

## Pending changes

Revision of REACH: the Commission has not presented a proposal; according to the EP Legislative Train (as at 20.09.2026) the file is ‘blocked’ following the Commission’s statement in the ENVI committee of 27.04.2026 that it would refrain from reopening REACH. Restriction of lead in gunshot (does not cover bullets) and in fishing tackle – draft Commission regulations following the opinion of the REACH Committee; publication in the OJ has not been confirmed.

## Related acts

- [CLP – classification, labelling and packaging (lead Repr. 1A)](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/eu-clp/)
- [Act on chemical substances and their mixtures](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/pl-ustawa-chemikalia/)
- [POPs Regulation – persistent organic pollutants](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/eu-pops/)

## Official sources

- [Text of the act](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1907/oj)
- [Consolidated text](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/PL/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02006R1907-20260622)
- [EUR-Lex – Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/923 (lead in PVC, Annex XVII, entry 63)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/923/oj)
- [European Parliament – Legislative Train: Revision of the REACH Regulation](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-new-plan-for-europe-s-sustainable-prosperity-and-competitiveness/file-revision-of-the-reach-regulation)
- [European Commission – summary record of the REACH Committee meeting of 25–26.02.2026 (lead in ammunition and fishing tackle)](https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/comitology-register/core/api/integration/ers/523848/114492/1/attachment)

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Register as of: 22.10.2026. The official text of the act prevails. IGMNiR. On the website: https://igmnir.org/en/law/#akt-eu-reach