ECHA Updates Annual Evaluation Statistics and Recommendations to Registrants on Improving Dossiers

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced on February 26, 2025, that it has updated its annual statistics on evaluation progress. According to ECHA, between 2009 and 2024, it checked the compliance of 15,500 Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation registrations, representing 23 percent of all submitted registration dossiers and covering 3,200 substances. For high-volume chemicals registered at quantities of 100 metric tons or more per year, ECHA has checked 34 percent of the registrations. ECHA notes that based on the evaluations, it updated its recommendations to registrants on how to improve their dossiers.

In 2024, ECHA carried out 313 compliance checks, covering almost 2,000 registrations and addressing 272 individual substances. ECHA notes that these checks focused on those registration dossiers that may have data gaps. As a result, ECHA sent 208 decisions to companies, requesting additional data to clarify long-term effects of chemicals on human health or the environment. ECHA states that it also examined 161 testing proposals and sent out 92 decisions, addressing the tests proposed by industry to ensure the safe use of the substance.

To follow up information requests sent to companies, ECHA states that it checks whether the provided information complies with the REACH requirements. In 2024, ECHA concluded this evaluation for 241 substances. According to ECHA, in about 70 percent of the cases, companies provided the requested information. ECHA notified the remaining 30 percent to European Union (EU) member states for enforcement and will follow up. ECHA also adopted three substance evaluation decisions prepared by EU member states, requesting further information to assess the safety of substances of potential concern.