Updated: November 2024
Our primary objective remains; to maintain standards of service and supply to customers, wherever they are.
Regulatory compliance
UK REACH
The EU/UK transition period came to an end at 11:00pm UK time on 31st December 2020, which is when EU REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) stopped applying to the UK marketplace.
Through the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 the UK Government transposed EU REACH into UK law. Regulatory requirements to manufacture and import chemical products in the UK will stand with registration, evaluation, authorisation, and restrictions remaining key elements of the new UK-REACH system.
UK REACH became law on 1st January 2021 and there were several milestones throughout 2021 for businesses with REACH obligations to make notifications within the Gov.UK portal regarding the chemicals they were involved in.So far we have:
For EU REACH
- Transferred our existing EU Reach registrations across to an EU based Only Representative.
For UK REACH
- Grandfathered our previously held EU Reach product registrations into UK REACH.
- Made a Downstream User Import Notification (DUIN) for the products where we are now an importer from the EU/EEA or NI.
The Dixon Chew DUIN Number is: UK-20-3630578548-1-0000
We can, of course, only plan based on the information made available to us from the government, our customers, and our suppliers.
DEFRA have recently announced a review into alternative models to the registrations process in response to joint communications from industry trade bodies. As new legislation and rulings are announced we will review and adapt where necessary so please continue to check this page for updates.
Be assured we will endeavour to continue to provide uninterrupted chemical supply and first-class customer service during this period of change