The 2019 GA meeting which took place on Wednesday 8 May 2019 in Madrid, Spain was a resounding success. Hosted by FerroGlobe, the meeting which lasted 4 hours saw several deliberations related to the consortium governace, dossier updates and classification & labelling. Some key decisions taken by way of vote are as follows:
Some highlights:
- Executive Committee: A new Chairmanand a new 2nd Vice Chairman were appointed, meanwhile the 1st Vice Chiarman was maintained to enure continuity
- Dossier updates: Reveal changes in classification and labelling if compared to the 2010 submitted dossiers
- Approval of the 2018 workplan and budget
- Brexit and data: Mara will continue to support REACH registration inside and outside the EU (UK REACH inclusive) but at a charge yet to be determined
Manganese ores, reduced (EC: 273-748-0; Cas: 69012-49-3)
Submitted in 2010, with no testing proposals, this substance has not undergone any aspect of the REACH evaluation process to date.
However, other UVCB analogue substances are under compliance checks and the new data has been generated on these analogue substances. Therefore, via readacross a dossier update for this substance is in progress and should be submitted by Q1, 2020.
So far, the reveiw of the orginal 2010 dossier along side post 2010 ECHA guidance documents on substance ID, has led to a slight change on the SIP/Boundary composition.
New updated 2019 SIP/Boundary composition:
| Component | Silicon Dioxide | Aluminium Oxide | Barium Oxide | Calcium Oxide | Iron & Oxides of Iron | Manganese and oxides of Manganese | ||
|
(% w/w) (Range) |
8.5 (5-10) |
7.5 (5-10) |
0 (0-1) |
3 (1-10) |
8 (5-15) |
50 (45-60) |
Note: Post 2018, the consortium will no longer invoice co-registrants for ECHA requested studies retrospectively. All compliance check related work will require co-registrants to contribute their share before any dossier update work can begin.