How to merge accounts of National Authorities users : February 2025.
Date: 2025-02-04
Institutions: European Chemicals Agency
Subjects: European Chemicals Agency, Internet, access to EU information, chemical industry, chemical product, computer system, dangerous substance, digital technology, industrial research, information technology, public authorities, regulation (EU), research and development, user guide

How to merge accounts of National Authorities Users 

February 2025

 
 
 
 
 
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Version 

Changes 

Dates 

1.0 

First release 

February 2025 

Title: How to merge accounts of National Authorities users 

Reference: ECHA-24-H-13-EN 
ISBN: 978-92-9468-393-9 
Cat. Number: ED-09-24-608-EN-N 
DOI: 10.2823/23539 
Publ.date: February 2025 
Language: EN 

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Table of Contents 

Introduction ............................................................................................................... 4 
Scope 4 

Pre-requisites ............................................................................................................................... 4 

How to merge my account .......................................................................................... 5 

Table of Figures 

Figure 1: My Account - User Information ................................................................................... 5 

Figure 2: Merge an ECHA Account button ................................................................................... 5 

Figure 3: Merge an ECHA account – Step 1: Select an ECHA Account: Registered 

accounts ................................................................................................................... 6 

Figure 4: Merge an ECHA account - Step 1: Select another ECHA account .................................. 6 

Figure 5: Merge an ECHA account – Step 2: Confirm selection ................................................... 7 

Figure 6: Merge an ECHA Account: Message notification for completion .................................... 7 

Figure 7: Account Merging: Merging Candidate Password.......................................................... 8 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Introduction 

Scope  

This document provides the instructions to Authorities users, that already have an ECHA 
Account, on how to merge their account with an already created EU login account. 

Pre-requisites 

To proceed an Authority User, it is required to have an ECHA Account and an EU login account. 

If you don’t have already an EU login Account, please create one, by following the instructions 
under https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/cas/manuals/EU_Login_Tutorial.pdf and set up one of the 
verification methods (preferably mobile app methods or security keys).  

 
 
 
 
 
 
How to merge my account 

Please visit https://idp.echa.europa.eu/ui/secure-login and login with your EU login Account. 
For more information on how to login please see User Manual for Authority related groups. 

Once you have been logged in to ECHA Accounts Portal, go to My Account and User 
Information menu. 

Figure 1: My Account - User Information 

Then, in the bottom of the screen you will find the ‘MERGED ECHA USER ACCOUNTS’ section. 
There, will be presented the list of ECHA user accounts that have been merged with your 
current EU login accounts. 

To merge an ECHA Account, click on the ‘Merge an ECHA account’ button. 

Figure 2: Merge an ECHA Account button 

You will be prompted to select an active ECHA account to be merged with your current EU 
Login account.  

On the upper section of the screen, will be a list with the known ECHA accounts registered 
under your email address. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Figure 3: Merge an ECHA account – Step 1: Select an ECHA Account: Registered accounts 

Alternatively, you can activate the ‘Select another ECHA account’ button. By providing the 
username of the account, you can merge an account that is not displayed in the list of the 
registered accounts. 

Figure 4: Merge an ECHA account - Step 1: Select another ECHA account 

If you select a user via this option, confidential info of the user such as the First/Last name & 
email is not displayed. 

On the second step of the process, please verify the selected information and click on ‘Next’ 

 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
Figure 5: Merge an ECHA account – Step 2: Confirm selection 

A notification will appear, informing you that the ECHA account will be deactivated, and all 
roles will be transferred under your EU Login account.  Please, pay notice that this action 
cannot be undone. 

Figure 6: Merge an ECHA Account: Message notification for completion 

Click on ‘Confirm’ if you agree to complete the action. 

You will be redirected to the page below, to provide the Merging Candidate Password 
(password of the ECHA account to be merged). 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Figure 7: Account Merging: Merging Candidate Password 

Click on ‘Merge Accounts’ to complete the process or click on ‘Abandon’ if you want to cancel 
the process. 

You will be redirected to the page of the user information of your EU Login Account.  
The merged account will be listed under the merged echa user accounts section.