Don't have your registration rejected: use the Technical Completeness Tool

News Alert
ECHA/NA/10/71
Media enquiries: ECHA Press

Helsinki, 19 November 2010 - As the REACH deadline draws nearer, and registrations are made in ever larger numbers, some registrations pass the business rules but fail for a second time on technical completeness because the updates did not contain the information required. At that point, ECHA has to reject the registration. Although the number of rejections is low, a rejection can have a severe impact on the company involved. This can be avoided by using the TCC tool.

If you fail your first TCC you will receive a request for further information (under Article 20 of the REACH Regulation). The following points are critical:

• You have one further submission attempt left - but only one. It is therefore absolutely critical for your business that your updated dossier is complete and so passes the second TCC, so make sure that you use the TCC tool
• You are given a reasonable deadline (minimum 4 months) in order to provide the requested missing information
• You remain legally on the market during this period. Provided that a successful updated dosser is submitted within the deadline you were given by ECHA, your registration date will be the original submission date.
• If your registration relates to the 2010 deadline and you fail your second TCC after the 30 November deadline, you may need to stop manufacture/import and the fee that you have paid for your registration cannot be refunded.

ECHA strongly urges companies to make full use of the TCC tool. Using it for the first submission allows you to avoid TCC failure. Failure to use it for the second submission could result in the consequences outlined above. If you fail the TCC and are in doubt about how to present the information in an updated dossier or how to use the tool, use the time within the deadline you are given to contact the ECHA Helpdesk, making it clear in the question that you have experienced a TCC failure. ECHA will then provide you with specific advice on how to proceed.