Press Release: Fees and charges payable under REACH adopted

The fees and charges that will be charged for registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals under the new REACH registration procedures wre adopted by the Commission on 16 April, 2008, and will be published in the Official Journal in the coming days. The fees and charges will apply with the start of registrations of chemical substances on 1st June 2008 (IP/08/564). The basic registration fee will range from €1600 for substances produced in volumes below ten tonnes, to €31000 for those above 1000 tonnes. There will be up to 90% discounts for smaller firms and 25% reduction for firms that cooperate together on registrations. The fees payable to European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki, which will manage these operational processes, were approved by the Committee of Member State representatives in December.