# Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Article 117: Reporting

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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2. Every five years, the Agency shall submit to the appropriate authorities a report on the operation of this Regulation. The Agency shall include in its report sections on evaluation and enforcement, information on the joint submission of information in accordance with Article 11 and an overview of the explanations given for submitting information separately.
The first report shall be submitted by 1 April 2022 .
3. Every three years the Agency, in accordance with the objective of promoting non-animal testing methods, shall submit to the appropriate authorities a report on the status of implementation and use of non-animal test methods and testing strategies used to generate information on intrinsic properties and for risk assessment to meet the requirements of this Regulation.
The first report shall be submitted by 1 April 2022 .
4. Every five years, the Secretary of State, in cooperation with the other appropriate authorities, must publish a general report on:
(a) the experience acquired with the operation of this Regulation, including the information referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and;
(b) the amount and distribution of funding made available by the appropriate authorities for the development and evaluation of alternative test methods.
The first report shall be published by 1 April 2023 .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1907/article/117 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1907/article-117
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