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
Registration Update - UVCB’s
Over the past 3 months the consortium has been working on updating the following dossiers:
Slags, FeMn-manufacturing 273-728-1 69012-28-8
Slags, SiMn-manufacturing 273-733-9 69012-33-5
Manganese ores, reduced 273-748-0 69012-49-3
The dossiers were updated in accordance with the regulators continuous drive for periodic dossier updates, new data (emanating from compliance checks) and in alignment with post registration deadline ECHA guidance documents. The review of new available data, updated use patterns and the use of ECHA guidance led to the classification of all 3 substances which are within the same readacross category. In view of this classification new/updated chemical safety reports, and exposure scenarios have been generated and submitted to the ECHA via dossier updates.
The secretariat encourages all registrants to update their dossiers accordingly. To this end please request for your updated CSR's and ES by contacting reach@manganese.org