Consultation on Extending the UK REACH Transitional Registration Submission Deadlines

Audience

This is a public consultation, and we welcome all views. The primary audience is those who will be involved in the registration process including the chemical industry, downstream users of chemicals and its stakeholders. We also welcome views from NGOs and other interested parties. The questions are presented in a way to accommodate both a general audience and stakeholders with specialist knowledge in the regulation of chemicals.

Please respond to this consultation in one of the following ways:

Online using the Defra Citizen Space Consultation hub at Defra Space  For ease of analysis, responses via the Citizen Space platform would be preferred, if possible, but alternative options are provided below if required:

By email to: UKREACHextension@defra.gov.uk   

By post:

 UK REACH Legislation and Policy team, 

 Defra Ground Floor, Seacole Building,

 2 Marsham Street, 

 London, SW1P 4DF

Duration

This consultation will run for 8 weeks. The consultation opened on 14 July 2025 and closes on 8 September 2025.  Please note, any responses sent by post must arrive at the above address by the closing date of the consultation 8 September 2025 to be counted. Any responses received after this date will not be analysed.

After the consultation

After the consultation, a summary of the responses to this consultation will be published and placed on the government website at www.gov.uk/defra. Responses to this consultation will be reviewed and considered in the future policy development of the regulations.

Information provided in response to this consultation document, including personal information may be subject to publication or release to other parties or to disclosure in accordance with the access to information regimes e.g., Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Compliance with the consultation principles

This consultation is being conducted in line with the Consultation Principles set out in the Better Regulation Executive guidance which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/consultation-principles-guidance.

If you have any comments or complaints about the consultation process, please address them to:

By e-mail:   consultation.coordinator@defra.gov.uk

Or in writing to:

UK REACH Policy and Legislation Team, Defra

Seacole Building

2 Marsham Street

London

SW1P 4DF