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The UK REACH (the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Regulation) sets out requirements relating to the use of chemicals in Great Britain. The proposal extends the current data submission deadlines to ensure sufficient time to develop and implement an alternative transitional registration model.

The RPC assessment is that the IA (which is green-rated; fit for purpose) provides a good discussion of direct costs to businesses and assessment of potential impacts on small, micro and medium sized businesses. The RPC suggests some improvements could be made around assumptions underpinning the EANDCB figure and conducting sensitivity analysis to test the robustness of assumptions used for the cost-benefit analysis (CBA).