REACH: Use of full study reports for registration purposes – Legitimate possession and reference rights according to Article 10 of REACH

The REACH Regulation includes various obligations for cooperation between registrants. In particular, REACH relies on the principle of data sharing. Registrants are obliged to cooperate with each other to some degree. In certain situations they have to provide each other with substance-specific data available in their own companies. The various items of information can be gathered and used for registration purposes. The main objective of the relevant rules is to avoid duplication of vertebrate animal tests. Furthermore, cooperation – which includes the described form of data sharing – can reduce costs for registrants.