Interview on UK REACH with Nishma Patel of CIA and James Dancy of DEFRA
Channel: ChemCon Conferences
Date: 2021-03-01

Everything you always wanted to know about UK REACH.  In this in-depth interview Nishma Patel (Policy Director at CIA - Chemical Industries Association) and James Dancy (Head of UK REACH service and policy at DEFRA - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) provide guidance and clarification for industry in relation to UK REACH. Below you find an overview of the various topics they discuss and where in the interview they talk about them.

[00.50-04.36] DEFRA sketches the key ingredients, tools and timelines of UK REACH 
[04.37-07.28] DEFRA and CIA talk about grandfathering companies in the UK that do not need to pay a registration fee. As well as reasons for companies to make a UK REACH registration in order to have this market access.
[07.28-8.54] CIA explains why UK industry associations are currently pleading that UK companies which already got EU registrations in place should not have to provide full data packages in their UK REACH dossier.
[8.55-12.26] In line with the industry association pleading I asked DEFRA if UK authorities will for the time being rely on basic and publicly available information. And how the UK is expecting to evaluate all the substances registered under UK REACH without access to the ECHA database?
[12.27-14.50] CIA discusses data cost sharing mechanisms and LoA pricing for UK REACH.
[14.51-18.42] DEFRA talks about Authorisation of substances under UK REACH.
[18.43 -21.17] CIA and DEFRA talk about restrictions of substances in the UK.
[21.18 -22.32] I asked DEFRA if we can expect registration of polymers and nanomaterials.
[22.33-24.22] CIA discusses poison centre notifications and SCIP database developments in the context of the UK.
[24.23-26.42] DEFRA and CIA provide some recommendations for industry for the coming period.
ChemCon Conferences, ChemConnection, ChemCon Europe, ChemCon Asia, ChemCon The Americas, Tjeerd Bokhout, Regulatory Affairs, Product Stewardship, Chemicals Management, Compliance, non-compliance, REACH, Supply chain, SCIP Database, Restrictions, UK REACH, grandfathering, DUIN,  Downstream User Import Notification, CLP, Authorisation, Enforcement, CEFIC, ECHA, Nishma Patel, CIA, Chemical Industries Association, James Dancy, DEFRA, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Kingdom, CCTV, News (TV Genre)