ADCR Updates 23 September 2024
EU update
On Friday 20 September the three first ADCR Authorisation Decisions received a positive vote by the REACH Committee by qualified majority.
The three ADCR dossiers are for three substances; chromium trioxide, sodium dichromate and potassium dichromate, for use in the aerospace and defence industry and its supply chains.
The review periods for all three adopted decision are 12 years from the submission date, and the authorised uses are for chemical conversion coating, passivation of non-aluminium metallic coatings and passivation of stainless steel.
The adopted implementing decisions includes a retroactive measure, aimed at covering the legal gap for uses of potassium dichromate and sodium dichromate for which the uses are authorised as of 22 September 2024.
The final decisions (to our understanding, will be similar to the draft decisions) will be shared in the comitology register as soon as possible, and is expected to still take around four to five weeks.
UK update
On 23 September UK Government published 11 ADCR Authorising Decisions, adopted on 5 September, for dossiers that ADCR submitted under UK REACH
Authorisation decisions: UK REACH - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
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In July 2026, ADCR published two guidance document and a flow chart for the recent UK/GB Tranche 2 decisions. The Monitoring Guidance for ADCR Downstream User sites in the EEA and GB for conducting monitoring of worker exposure and environmental emissions . This guidance, from July 2026, has been prepared by ADCR for its supply chains with sites in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Great Britain (GB). ADCR has also prepared a Guidance on ADCR Authorisation Decisions for Downstream Users of chromates* in primer products in GB . The purpose of this guidance document, from July 2026, is to provide information on the ADCR Authorisations for chromates used in primer products in GB and to support Downstream Users (DUs) in ensuring compliance with the required conditions of the ADCR UK REACH Authorisations. This Guidance is supported by a Guidance flow charts for ensuring compliance with required conditions of the ADCR GB T2 REACH Authorisations (StC and PHD primers) . More the documents are available at the ADCR Guidance and Support page.