Commission Regulation (EC) No. 340/2008 on the fees and charges payable to the European Chemicals Agency for services related to REACH was came into force on 20 April 2008. 

The Regulation identifies those services for which a fee must be paid, and the rules for payment.  It also provides for reduced fees for joint registrations, SME’s and Intermediates.

• What you can expect to pay for
• What it will cost
• Registration updates which are free of charge
• Payment of fees

Industry will have to pay for most services provided by ECHA, and fees have been set for:

• Registration;
• Registration updates (with some proscribed exceptions);
• Requests for information to be kept confidential;
• PPORD notifications & extensions;
• Authorisation applications and reviews;
• Appeals against decisions. 

ECHA may also charge for any other service it provides. 

Where there is no set fee, the fee will be proportional to the amount of work involved by ECHA. 

Use the table to find out what fees might apply to you. 

Registration Updates which are free of charge. 

Certain updates to registrations will be processed free of charge.  These are:

• Higher to lower tonnage band;
• Lower to higher tonnage band, where the higher fee has already been paid;
• Status of the registrant or his identity, provided that it does not involve a change in legal entity;
• Composition of the substance;
• New uses/uses advised against;
• New risks or hazard information;
• Changes to the chemical safety report;
• Guidance on safe use;
• Notification that an Annex IX or X test must be developed;
• Requests to make previously confidential information accessible;
• Changes in classification and labelling.

Payment of fees

The first time you use REACH-IT you will be asked to create a company account and provide billing information.  Invoices will be generated automatically and in most cases will specify the date by which is should be paid.

The period within which the invoice must be paid varies as shown below.   

If payment deadlines are not met, ECHA will set a further deadline after which they can reject the registration or submission in full.  If this happens you will have to resubmit all your data again.  Any payments already made will not be refunded.

Items for which there is no set deadline for payment will be not be considered received by ECHA, and therefore will not be processed, until the appropriate fee has been paid. 

Fee Tables 2008/2009

The fees quoted in these  tables will be valid until at least 1st June 2009.

Table 1         Standard Fees for registration

* The fee is waived for substance registrations in the 1-10 tonne per year band, provided the registration dossier contains all the information detailed in Annex VII of REACH.

** Reduced fees for intermediates will only apply to the reduced test packages described in Articles 17 & 18 of REACH.  

Table 2         Medium enterprises - reduced fees for registration

*The fee is waived for substance registrations in the 1-10 tonne per year band, provided the registration dossier contains all the information detailed in Annex VII of REACH.

**Reduced fees for intermediates will only apply to the reduced test packages described in Articles 17 & 18 of REACH.    

Table 3         Small enterprises - reduced fees for registration

*The fee is waived for substance registrations in the 1-10 tonne per year band, provided the registration dossier contains all the information detailed in Annex VII of REACH.

**Reduced fees for intermediates will only apply to the reduced test packages described in Articles 17 & 18 of REACH.    

Table 4         Micro enterprises - reduced fees for registration

*The fee is waived for substance registrations in the 1-10 tonne per year band, provided the registration dossier contains all the information detailed in Annex VII of REACH.

** Reduced fees for intermediates will only apply to the reduced test packages described in Articles 17 & 18 of REACH.   

Table 5         Standard Fees for an increase in annual tonnage band

 Table 8         Micro enterprises - reduced fees for an increase in the             annual tonnage band

Table 9         Standard fees for other updates

Table 10       Medium enterprise - reduced fees for other updates

Table 11       Small enterprise - reduced fees for other updates

Table 12       Micro enterprise - reduced fees for other updates

Table 13       Standard fees for requests for information to be kept confidential

Table 15       Small enterprise - reduced fees for a request for Information to be kept confidential

  
Table 16       Micro enterprise - reduced fees for a request for Information to be kept confidential

Table 17       Fees for PPORD notifications and Extension of PPORD Exemptions

Table 18       Fees for Applications for Authorisation

The basic fee covers one substance, one applicant and one use. 

* Each exposure scenario submitted with an application for authorisation will be considered as a different use.

** Fees for additional applicants are paid according to the size of the additional applicant and not the lead applicant. 

Table 19       Fees for  the Review of an Authorisation

The basic fee covers one applicant, one substance and one use. 

* Each exposure scenario submitted with an application for authorisation will be considered as a different use.

** Fees for additional applicants are paid according to the size of the additional applicant and not the lead applicant.  

Table 20       Fees for Appeals against Decisions made by the Agency or the Commission