CLEPA REACH Task-Force Minutes: September 14

On September 14  2016, the REACH Task-force met at CLEPA offices in Brussels to discuss a number of priorities for automotive suppliers and to agree actions and tasks for the task-force and its members.

Among the agenda items were the following:

• Presentation of 2018 Registration Deadline activities of Aerospace Industry by Rolls Royce
• Presentation on CLH proposal on cobalt metal – socioeconomic effect on the auto-motive industry by The Cobalt Development Institute
• Follow-up of General Activities such as:
  • Substance Pilot Reporting Format
  • AIG on REACH V4.0:
  • REFIT evaluation of REACH
  • Evaluation of flame retardants used in vehicles
• Manufacturing Issues:
  • SDS Quality – Release of common paper with ASD & Orgalime
  • Report out from informal TF on Process chemicals on all REACH related issues
  • Publication of SDS Guidance
  • Publication of the updated SPERC Factsheets
• PACT, Registration & Evaluation
  • Latest update of PACT List
• General SVHC’s / Candidate List / Notification/ Authorisation (Annex XIV) issues
  • Update on actions of other sectors
  • Approval of draft position & PEG Document
  • Process for the approval of Notification Fact Sheets
• General Restriction issues
  • REACH Annex XVII relevance evaluation process
• Substance related discussions
  • Restriction: ROI on Phthalates
  • Restriction: Chain Perflourinated Chemicals (PFAS, PFAC, PFOS, PFOA)
  • Authorisation: Chromium trioxide

The next meeting of the Task-force is scheduled for November 30 2016.