Defra technical consultation on the Alternative Transitional Registration Model (ATRm)

Deadline: 10 November 2026

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is seeking stakeholders’ views on the draft legislative provisions required to implement the ATRm for UK REACH.

The government outlined its policy approach to the ATRm in its response to an earlier consultation held in 2024, which was published on 30 March 2026. This second consultation seeks comments of a technical nature on the draft legal provisions intended to give effect to those policy conclusions.

The ATRm will introduce more proportionate requirements for transitional registrations. It will:

• reduce the hazard information routinely submitted at registration
• retain the existing use and exposure requirements
• provide HSE, as the UK REACH Agency, with targeted powers to request further information where needed
  
  

Defra particularly welcomes responses from chemical manufacturers and importers, downstream users, trade associations, environmental and health organisations, legal and regulatory advisers, and others with experience of UK REACH.

View the consultation on GOV.UK.

Free webinar: Achieving safety culture excellence

8 October, 2pm to 3pm.

This exclusive webinar from HSE and our publishing partner TSO will focus on improving organisational safety culture. Topics covered will include:

• the ASCENT programme - a practical, evidence-based approach designed to help organisations build and sustain a strong safety culture
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• real-world examples demonstrating how the Safety Climate Tool is being used to deliver measurable improvements in safety culture
  
  

The webinar will conclude with a live audience Q and A.

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