This Guidance Document describes when and how to register a substance under REACH. It consists of two parts: one on Registration tasks and obligations and the other on the preparation of the Registration Dossier. It is part of a series of guidance documents that are aimed to help all stakeholders with their preparation for fulfilling their obligations under the REACH regulation. These documents cover detailed guidance for a range of essential REACH processes as well as for some specific scientific and/or technical methods that industry or authorities need to make use of under REACH.

　　The guidance documents were drafted and discussed within the REACH Implementation Projects (RIPs) led by the European Commission services, involving all stakeholders: Member States, industry and non-governmental organisations. These guidance documents can be obtained via the website of the European Chemicals Agency ( Further guidance documents will be published on this website when they are finalised or updated

　　This document relates to the REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006

　　This is the first update of this guidance. The changes are tracked in Appendix 3.