# 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 127H: Existing authorised downstream users under EU law


1 . On and after IP completion day, a person who—
( a ) is established in Great Britain, and
( b ) is an existing authorised downstream user under EU law in relation to a substance,
is authorised to use that substance in accordance with Article 56(2).
2 . Where Article 56(2) applies to the use of a substance by virtue of paragraph 1, a reference in Article 56(2) to an authorisation granted to a person up a supply chain is a reference to an existing EU authorisation relating to that use of the substance.
3 . Accordingly, paragraph 1 ceases to apply to a person if the existing EU authorisation relating to that use of the substance ceases to have effect.
4 . A person to whom paragraph 1 applies must, before the end of the 60 day post-IP completion period—
( a ) confirm to the Agency that they are an existing authorised downstream user under EU law in relation to the substance, and
( b ) notify the Agency of—
( i ) the existing EU authorisation;
( ii ) any conditions set out in the existing EU authorisation (as referred to in Article 56(2) of EU REACH);
( iii ) the identity of the supplier of the substance to the person.
5 . Article 66(1) does not apply to the use of a substance in accordance with Article 56(2) by virtue of this Article.
6 . In this Article—
“ existing authorised downstream user under EU law ” means a person who, immediately before IP completion day, is authorised to use a substance in accordance with Article 56(2) of EU REACH;
“ existing EU authorisation ” means an authorisation granted to a person up a supply chain (as referred to in Article 56(2) of EU REACH) which is subsisting immediately before IP completion day, as it has effect in EU law;

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1907/article/127H (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1907/article-127H
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