Notification is a new requirement that was introduced by CLP (Articles 39 and 40). The basic obligation applies to EU/EEA legal entities who manufacture and supply, or import, substances (including in some mixtures) after 1 December 2010. They have to notify core information which identifies the substance and its hazard properties to ECHA within one month after its placing on the market. This information, together with harmonised classification and labelling information from Annex VI to CLP, is included in a Classification and Labelling Inventory maintained by ECHA.

The notification obligation is complex in its scope and there are some exceptions. However, it is relatively easy to do online using your REACH-IT account – or you can use IUCLID to prepare a dossier if you need, for example, to claim confidentiality or notify multiple classifications for a given substance. This document explains some of the finer points of the duty to help you get started.

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