REACH Update: SIEFs and Consortia

Posted: February 12, 2008

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Key summary:
• The purpose of SIEFs is to facilitate the exchange of information and to agree on classification and labelling of chemical substances;
• The working structures of the forums are not laid out in the REACH regulation, there will be no further management by the ECHA or the EU Commission;
• Consortia are additional agreements amongst companies approaching their needs within the REACH processes.

Next month’s topic: Specific provisions for naturals and polymers

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News

REACH fees regulation: The REACH fees regulation was agreed at the comitology meeting on Dec. 10, 2007, and will be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities. A draft version can be found under: www.euractiv.com/29/images/Commission%20draft%20REACH%20fees_tcm29-168130.pdf.