31 March 2020, Brussels. – Cefic published thefirst progressreport on the implementation of its voluntary Action Plan for updateand improvement of chemical safety data in REACH registrations dossierslaunched in June 2019. As part of this Action Plan, Cefic is honouringits commitment to transparent reporting on companies’ progress in updatingdossiers, by publishing aggregated data at the end of Q1 of each year.
The 2019 results are as follows:
- 165 companies joined the Action Plan in 2019.
- These companies have reviewed and updated, where needed, chemical safety data in 1758 REACH registration dossiers between June and December 2019.
Most of the work in 2019 was dedicated to internal planning, prioritising dossiers for re-evaluation or discussing a joint update plan with consortia (if a dossier has been submitted jointly with other manufacturers).
From the 165 companies that joined the Action Plan in 2019, 64% areCefic corporate members and the remaining36% companies are members of national chemical industry federations.
Cefic Executive Director Product Stewardship Sylvie Lemoine:
“These initial results are encouraging but our workcontinues. The Action Plan’s priority this year will be on attracting morecompanies to join the initiative, starting with Cefic members who have notjoined yet. We will also continue working with national chemical industryassociations whose members are yet to join the Action Plan, as well as associationsrepresenting downstream users of chemicals, because many of their members alsohold REACH registration dossiers. We will continue our joint work with theEuropean Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to produce more guidance for the Action Planparticipants to help them revise data in line with the most recent ECHArequirements”.
Background information
On 26 June 2019, Cefic launched an unprecedented multi-annual action aimed at proactively and systematically reviewing and improving, if needed, the data previously submitted in REACH registration dossiers. The Cefic multi-annual Action Plan provides a framework for REACH registrants to evaluate the safety data in a stepwise manner. The aim of this initiative is to achieve a significant contribution to the quality of REACH registration dossiers, in cooperation with ECHA.
Companiesparticipants of the Action Plan commit to annualreporting about their progress. The data that Ceficcollects includes the number of dossiers that have been re-evaluated each year.