HSE Publishes UK REACH Report (2023 to 2024) and Work Programme (2024 to 2025)

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The United Kingdom’s (UK) Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced on March 21, 2025, that it has published the following annual report and work program on activities under the UK regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (UK REACH):

  • UK REACH Report, which outlines the relevant activities covering the 2023 to 2024 Work Programme; and

The UK REACH Report provides a summary of achievements, including:

Topic Deliverable Target Outcome
Registration Complete the processing of all Article 26 inquiries and, within three weeks of receipt, all new UK REACH registrations 100 percent Met
Dossier evaluation Meet legal obligations in relation to compliance checking of registration dossiers  

Examine testing proposals included in the registration dossiers to ensure that unnecessary animal testing is avoided

 No fewer than 20 percent to meet legal obligations    

100 percent

 Met
Substance evaluation Evaluate substances in the Rolling Action Plan (RAP) Evaluate one Met
Authorization Complete the processing of received applications within the statutory deadline 100 percent Met
Substance of very high concern (SVHC) identification Undertake an initial assessment of substances that have been submitted for SVHC identification under the European Union (EU) REACH during 2022/23 and consider if they are appropriate for SVHC identification under UK REACH Assess up to five Met
Regulatory management option analysis (RMOA) Complete RMOAs initiated in 2022-2023  

Initiate RMOAs for substances identified as priorities

 Up to ten  

   
Up to five

 One completed, nine ongoing    

None prioritized
Restriction Complete ongoing restriction opinions  

Begin Annex 15 restriction dossiers

Initiate scoping work for restrictions

 Two    

One

   
Two

 One complete, one delayed  

Met (March 2023)
   

Met

HSE notes that in preparing the UK REACH Work Programme, the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), and the Scottish and Welsh governments (the Appropriate Authorities) work closely with HSE and the Environment Agency to prioritize issues for regulatory action under UK REACH. The UK REACH Work Programme summary of objectives includes the following:

Topic Deliverable Target
Registration/Product and Process Orientated Research and Development (PPORD) Complete the processing of all Article 26 inquiries and, within three weeks of receipt, all new UK REACH registrations 100 percent
Dossier evaluation Meet legal obligations in relation to compliance checking of registration dossiers  

Examine testing proposals included in registration dossiers to ensure that unnecessary animal testing is avoided

 No fewer than 20 percent of received registration dossiers, to meet legal obligations    

100 percent
Substance evaluation Complete the evaluation of substances in the RAP Complete one
Authorization Complete the processing of received applications within the statutory deadline 100 percent
SVHC identification Undertake an initial assessment of substances that have been submitted for SVHC identification under EU REACH during 2023/24 and consider if they are appropriate for SVHC identification under UK REACH Assess up to six
RMOA Complete RMOAs Up to nine
Restriction Complete ongoing restriction opinions (lead in ammunition)  

Complete Annex 15 restriction dossiers for public consultation (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in firefighting foam (FFF))

 One

     
One

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