Formaldehyde REACH Consortium
The manufacturers of Formaldehyde joined efforts for their REACH compliance activities and have officially launched the Formaldehyde REACH consortium on March 11th 2010.
Consortium description
Through the Formaldehyde consortium, the manufacturers have decided to join efforts to prepare a consistent registration dossier building on the experience gained during the Formacare program. The project management and secretariat of the consortium lays in the responsibility of ReachCentrum. The technical content preparation of the registration dossier will be managed by the Lead Registrant BASF.
Substance covered
The following substance is covered by the Formaldehyde Consortium:
| Substance name |
EC number |
CAS number |
| Formaldehyde |
200-001-8 |
50-00-0 |
Membership
Manufacturers/importers/only representatives as defined in the REACH Regulation of the substance on its own, in preparations or in articles and who are subject to the registration requirements pursuant to the REACH Regulation, or Affiliates thereof and who participate in the consortium.
Membership is open to any applicant fulfilling the membership criteria. The Formaldehyde consortium, therefore is open to any European company manufacturing Formaldehyde as well as importers of the substance and only representatives. Downstream users and other data holders are also invited to play an active role in the work of the Consortium.
More information on the dossier
To find out more information about the Substance Identification Profile, the uses and Exposure scenarios descriptor, the SIEF agreement, the registration process, etc. please click here.
Current members of the Formaldehyde Consortium
ALDER S.p.A.
BASF SE
CALDIC Chemie BV
CASCO Adhesives AB
Chimica Pomponesco S.p.A
DuPont Ibérica S.L.
Dynea Chemicals Oy
Ercros Industrial S.A.
F.A.R. S.p.A
FARCOLL S.p.A.,
FINSA
FANTONI S.p.A
Kronochem GmbH Lampertswalde
Hexion Specialty Chemicals UK Ltd
INEOS Paraform GmbH & Co. KG
ISP Marl GmbH
LERG SA
Metpoll Trading Limited
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Europe GmbH
Perstorp Specialty Chemicals AB
Sadepan Chimica S.r.l
Silekol Sp.z.o.o
Synthite Ltd
Ticona GmbH
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