The aim of the workshop was to ensure a continued focused Nordic contribution to the EU REACH related activities and to prepare the Nordic authorities for REACH. The idea would be to allow the participants to exchange and to collect experiences with already completed (and maybe ongoing) RIP projects, including evaluation of the benefit of the Nordic collaboration. Further objectives of the workshop were to discuss and if possible identify new Nordic project with relevance for the REACH preparatory work. The workshop was funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers through the Nordic Chemicals Chemicals Group (NKG) in collaboration with the Danish EPA and other Nordic national authorities. The report is primarily indented to the benefit of the participants for their use in planning of the work preparing the implementation of REACH in the coming years.