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Important: The Company that creates the account is the Company that pays the invoice for the Order.
Fill-in the fields in the form:
In the next section, you need to select the Legislation(s) for which you will purchase data:
Then fill-in the details of the person responsible for the account.
Once you are done, finish the process by clicking on the Create Account button.
You will receive a notification, and the next step is to wait for your account to be validated by a ChemDataSharing Administrator.
Question: Can we have multiple accounts for one company?
Answer: No, each legal entity will have one account. However, any of your Company's employees who would like access to the account can create a sub-account. Just follow these steps:
Question: How do I order and how to do I add the company that will register in my specific regulation?
Answer: First, you will have to log into your account (click on Login / Register ), then look for the substance you are interested in, and the bundle related to your tonnage band needs.
Once done, click on the Add to Basket button just underneath the bundle you want to purchase.
At that stage, you can open the basket that can be found next to your account on the top right corner of the screen. After reviewing the contents of the basket, if you are ready to proceed, just click on Checkout Now.
You will then be able to see the following screen, on which you must select the adequate payment method (either Pay By Card, for amounts below €5'000, or Pay By Bank Transfer)
On the next screen, you can add a Grantee, or select one from a list of from existing ones (taken from your previous orders). You can also add a custom reference, if relevant for your internal purposes.
Note: the Grantee is the company that will be registering the substance under a specific regulation. This Company may or may not be the same as the Account company that is placing the order and paying the invoice. Therefore, please be careful and add the correct details under the Grantee. For instance, if your Legal Entity is the same as that of the Grantee, please simply choose Main Account as a Grantee.
After selecting the Grantee, and ticking the box to acknowledge the Terms and Conditions, you can press on Make payment
When the processing is complete, you will receive an e-mail confirming the order, along with 2 attachments:
Once both are received by ReachCentrum, you will receive an VAT Invoice (as proof of payment) and a Letter of Access.
Important: You can create multiple Grantees, but you may only purchase for one specific Grantee at a time (i.e. Legal Entities that will register under a specific regulation).
Therefore, if you manage an account that is paying for 15 different Grantees, you will need to place 15 separate orders, one for each of these Grantees, separately.
In summary:
| Option 1: Consultant/OR Makes the Purchase | Option 2: Importer makes the Purchase directly | |
|---|---|---|
| Buyer: | Consultant / OR | Registrant / Importer |
| Grantee: | Registrant / Importer | N/A |
| Options | Option 1: Consultant / OR Makes the Purchase | Option 2: Importer makes the Purchase directly | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stakeholder | Consultant / OR | Registrant / Importer | Consultant / OR | Registrant / Importer | |
| Creates account (if not yet done) | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
| Makes the order on CDS Platform | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
| Adds Grantee to the Order | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
| Pays the Pro-Forma Invoice | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
| Signs the DLA | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Gets reimbursed for data order by Importer | Yes | No | N/A | N/A | |
In some cases, Users may want to purchase a specific Data Package for multiple Grantees. For example, a Consultancy A may need to purchase Data Packages of the Substance Urea (57-13-6) for different Registrants X, Y and Z.
This can be done relatively easily. The steps presented in Ordering still apply, but there are a few differences:
Once the "Batch Order" is placed, you will receive, for each of the lines in Step 5 above, creates one Order in the CDS platform, and hence you will receive
Question: Where can I see the previous orders I made, and can I cancel them?
Answer: In order to verify your orders (past or current) you just need to Go To Your Account, by clicking on the top right icon:
Then you just go to the My Orders tab:
Once here, you can review your past Orders, your current unpaid Orders, and even cancel an Order if is not paid yet.
Note: you can cancel an order only if it is still unpaid. For Orders that have been paid already, please contact us on info@chemdatasharing.com and we will review the situation.
