Helsinki, 31 March 2020 – From 14 April 2020 , ECHA will no longer ask for confirmation from companies that ceased manufacturing or importing a substance after they have been notified of a draft decision under dossier or substance evaluation inorder to increase its efficiency. Instead, in accordance with Article 50(3) of REACH now, ECHA will proceed to invalidate the registration, straightaway after the company indicates their cease of manufacture of the substance in REACH-IT. Once done, the company will receive a notification confirming that the registration is no longer valid.

Reference: https://echa.europa.eu/-/updates-to-registration-dossiers-not-taken-into-account-during-substance-evaluation-decision-making