2. Registration and pre-registration

Registration involves providing the authorities with certain information. The content of the registration file depends on the tonnage class concerned:

• less than one ton per year: no registration required;

• from 1 to 10 tons per year: information specified in Annex VII of the REACH Regulation;

• from 10 to 100 tons per year: information specified in Annexes VII and VIII;

• from 100 to 1,000 tons per year: information specified in Annexes VII, VIII, and IX;

• more than 1,000 tons per year: information specified in Annexes VII, VIII, IX, and X.

For substances benefiting from a transitional regime (mainly existing substances listed in the EINECS inventory), pre-registration in 2008...