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ECHA Unveils ECHA CHEM: A New Chemicals Database
ECHA launched ECHA CHEM on 30 January 2024 with information from more than 100,000 REACH registrations. Classification and regulatory data were added in 2025.
Published in January 2024. Dates, deadlines and stages may have changed since.
Dr Steven Brennan
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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launched ECHA CHEM on 30 January 2024. Its first release made information from more than 100,000 company-submitted REACH registrations available through the new public database.
First Release And Later Expansion
The launch was part of ECHA's replacement of its earlier chemicals information system. The agency said the new platform was designed to handle growing volumes and different types of chemical data.
Update, 20 October 2026. ECHA's database information page records the subsequent launch of the revamped Classification and Labelling Inventory on 20 May 2025 and the addition of regulatory data on 16 September 2025. These developments extend the original release described here.
What A Database Entry Represents
ECHA CHEM publishes chemical information, including registration records and regulatory data. An entry should be read alongside the applicable legal requirements: inclusion in the database is not a blanket approval for every use of a substance.
Official source
echa.europa.euQuestions about this change
What is ECHA CHEM and what information did its first release contain?
ECHA CHEM is the European Chemicals Agency's public chemicals database. Its first release provided information from more than 100,000 REACH registrations submitted by companies.
Does an ECHA CHEM database entry constitute approval to use a chemical?
No. An entry in ECHA CHEM provides information about a chemical and the records available for it. Registration or inclusion in the database is not blanket approval for every use.
Dr Steven Brennan
CEO and co-founder of Foresight, and a co-opted member of ECHA's Committee for Socio-economic Analysis. He holds a PhD in chemical engineering.
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