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COOPERATION UNDER REACH: SIEF v CONSORTIA ¾What SIEF is not: 9A SIEF is not a consortium/ task force (industry confusion) ¾Aspects of SIEF which differ from consortia: 9Membership, and obligations to request and give data, mandatory for pre-registrants 9Overseen by ECHA 9motivated principally by public sector interests (avoidance of
consortia for exchange of data With zinc, lead, nickel and several others for classification of Intermediates With Eurometaux, as ECHA Stakeholder Observer, for representation, best practice transfer on methodologies, downstream user communications, etc Upcoming meetings Annual General Assembly Other comments (if relevant)
operation that companies can choose, consortia being just one of these that is often referred to A consortium does not need to be a 1:1 image of a SIEF and may only involve some of the participants of a particular SIEF It may also cover some of the activities to be conducted under REACH, or alternatively, it may cover more than one SIEF
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) which has a central co-ordination and implementation role in the overall process ECHA is located in Helsinki, Finland and manages the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction processes for chemical substances to ensure consistency across the countries in which REACH applies
register products, participate in consortia and remain active in the European market TÜV Rheinland offers „Only Representative“ services to conduct registration on behalf of non-European clients which include: Pre-Regisatrtion Communication with ECHA Representation in SIEF & consortia Communication with the customers
and ECHA, open to Commission and interested Member States • the workshops are prepared via a) self- a assessment tool on the targeted endpoints and adaptations completed by consortia; b) sharing of concrete examples by ECHA • during the workshops consortia (including their consultants) and ECHA exchange on the
of some industrial consortia for some Aerospace uses of some chromates CTAC and CCST Applications for Authorisation status The European Chemical Agency’s (‘ECHA’) Risk Assessment and Socio Economic Assessment Committees (‘RAC’ and ‘SEAC’) issued their Opinions on
key component in pre-registration, SIEF and potential consortia formation, and subsequent registration In order to facilitate appropriate registration of hydrocarbon solvents, the Hydrocarbon Solvents Producers Association (HSPA) has conducted an in-depth assessment of hydrocarbon solvents in order to better characterize its substances
Case story REACH CLP The consortia are separate entities from the actual SIEFs, a subgroup formed by leading companies of a particular SIEF in order to
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