Nickel REACH Consortia

Consortia contracts now available, see 'How to become a Member' below.

 

Purpose

 The Nickel REACH Consortia:

• are voluntary initiative from the Nickel Industry aiming for anticipating REACH obligations.
• are vehicles to facilitate the information exchange which Downstream Users.
• provide cost-efficient management in the implementation of REACH.

 

Scope

• Ni metals and nickel inorganic compounds

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• REACH obligations include:
  • Registration (data sharing, data gathering and testing proposal; compilation of the Technical dossier and of the Chemical Safety Report for common uses , proposal for a harmonized classification for each substance;
  • The follow up during the (eventual) evaluation phase;
  • Some of the updating requirements under REACH (to be specified by the Nickel REACH Consortia Steering Team.)

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• REACH obligations NOT covered include:
  • Pre-registration which needs to be done by each Legal Entity of an EU Company (manufacturer or importer). Guidance on pre-registration will be provided to the members of the Consortia and will be available on the member’s area.
  • Submission of the part of the Registration dossier specific to each Legal Entity of a Company.
  • Coordination of Legal Entities of a Company.

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• Ni materials covered:

 

Membership

• Regular Members: EU Manufacturers, Importers, non-EU Manufacturers (directly or via his “Only Representative” of Ni and Ni inorganic compounds
• Associate Members: Representative (associations/consortium) of main Downstream Users, National Federation.

 

How to become a Member?

The Nickel REACH Consortia contracts are now available.  More information is contained in the "NI invitation to join a Consortium" and in the "Funding principles".

If you are interested in joining one of the Nickel REACH Consortia, please contact us.