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LATEST INFORMATION - 02/02/2010

 

REACH Copper Consortium Member Access


For further details, please refer to the English language website - click here


What REACH services are available from the European Copper Institute ?
ECI is providing Secretariat services to the REACH Copper Consortium, a standalone business venture open to all potential REACH registrants. Its objective is to maximise the efficiency and cost effectiveness of its members’ efforts to meet their REACH obligations for copper.
Click
here to view the current Members of the Consortium. 

Consortium outputs will be IUCLID format registration dossiers for the agreed inventory of substances well in advance of the first registration deadline - December 2010. Each dossier will include a Chemical Safety Report and/or a Technical Dossier, industry recommendations for risk management actions,  plus recommendations for Classification and Labelling.

What products are covered by ECI's Consortium ?
Primary and secondary copper metal (click
here to view the Consortium's position on recovered materials), slags from copper production sold as a product, and a well defined series of by-products (intermediates) produced during the smelting/refining and semi-fabrication processes.  Please select from the list in the left hand column for the precise scope and latest information on these materials.

Click here for information on the copper compounds Consortium, managed by a third party.

What does it cost to become a Member of ECI's Consortium ?
ECI’s members have already made a multi million euro investment in the Voluntary Risk Assessment for copper. Within the REACH spirit of “One Substance One Registration”, pre-registrant in a SIEF covered by the Consortium is welcome to join for a fair fee that covers a share of this initial investment, plus the Consortium’s ongoing costs. Fees are a function of tonnage, subject to a minimum. Click
here to download the full agreement,here for a membership application, and here for the fees.

Can I obtain enough information to complete my registration without being a Member ?
The Consortium will offer Letters of Access, for all substances and intermediates, at discounts to full membership.  The terms and conditions, plus the fees payable, will be published following the General Assembly of the Consortium on February 25th 2010.

Further information on the broad principles behind REACH, plus access to other metal consortia, can be obtained through the Eurometaux Gateway - click here.