UK Defra ADCR decisions published
On 19 January 2026 Defra granted Decisions for the three initial applications (AFA059, AFA061 and AFA063) which we published as news on 3 February.
The granted review period for these three applications is 12 years. The Decisions are available on
Authorisation decisions: UK REACH - GOV.UK.
The Defra Decision come with a series of conditions that users of chromates should be fulfilling and these measures will apply from the 19 August 2026.
To support the sharing of these GB obligations the ADCR Service Team prepared Formal Communication Letters that were shared with the Authorisation Holders for disseminating to their downstream users.
These ADCR formal Communication letters have now been added to ADCR Guidance and Support, the letters set out the Authorisation conditions and monitoring arrangements as well for existing stock and REACH Article 66 obligations.
For the four review report applications AFA058, AFA060, AFA062 and AFA064, Defra is expecting to make their decisions later in March 2026. As these applications are all review reports the use can continue until Defra makes its decision.
The ADCR Service Team will update guidance documents on the ADCR website to cover the obligations of the Defra ADCR Authorisation decisions. The guidance is intended for Downstream Users of soluble chromates in GB. ADCR will also hold a webinar later in spring 2026 (April/May) to present the UK decisions and conditions.
Other news items:
On 19 January 2026, Defra made three decisions on new applications for authorisation submitted by ADCR in July 2024. These three decisions are the first Defra decisions on the UK tranche 2 applications from ADCR. The decisions have been sent to the applicants, and are expected to be published by the UK Government in the near future ( Authorisation decisions: UK REACH - GOV.UK ). Once the public links are available, ADCR will provide additional updates. The final four Defra decisions on submitted ADCR Review Reports in the UK are expected no later than March 2026.