EU-REACH: Declare your company size correctly

Companies are recommended to register substances under EU REACH with an appropriate declaration of company size together with supporting documents in REACH-IT system.

Qualification of micro, small or medium-sized (MSME) enterprise is listed in the Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC. If a company is under the category of MSME, they would need to check if the company size has been claimed before submitting registration.

If it is observed that wrong company size has been declared, then in that case all companies including Only Representatives (OR) acting on behalf of the non-EU company should inform ECHA proactively by emailing to: sme-verification@echa.europa.eu by 31 May 2021. Before ECHA begins the verification of company size, it is beneficial to declare and correct the company size which gives an advantage from a full administrative charge waiver (no admin fees penalty) and in that case company needs to pay the difference amount to the applicable registration fee. Otherwise, if ECHA finds the wrong company size after the verification process has started then, company will have to pay the balance of the correct fee and an administrative charge of up to EUR 19 900.  

It is important to regularly check your REACH-IT accounts for any messages and tasks from ECHA. Keep your registrations and your contact details up to date and react to ECHA’s requests.  

For further details kindly contact on sk@reach-onlyrep.eu