downstream user

Uses as of 27/06/2009

Definitions over time (3)

01/01/2020 – today Article 3, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) Scope: Whole act

downstream user: means any natural or legal person established within the Community, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who uses a substance, either on its own or in a mixture, in the course of his industrial or professional activities. A distributor or a consumer is not a downstream user. A re-importer exempted pursuant to Article 2(7)(c) shall be regarded as a downstream user;
20/01/2009 – 02/01/2017 applies on 27/06/2009 Article 3, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) Scope: Whole act

downstream user: means any natural or legal person established within the Community, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who uses a substance, either on its own or in a mixture, in the course of his industrial or professional activities. A distributor or a consumer is not a downstream user. A re-importer exempted pursuant to Article 2(7)(c) shall be regarded as a downstream user;
23/11/2007 – 20/01/2009 Article 3, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) Scope: Whole act

downstream user: means any natural or legal person established within the Community, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who uses a substance, either on its own or in a preparation, in the course of his industrial or professional activities. A distributor or a consumer is not a downstream user. A re-importer exempted pursuant to Article 2(7)(c) shall be regarded as a downstream user;

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