LOA (Lower Olefins and Aromatics) REACH Consortium

About

In June 2008, the Lower Olefins and Aromatics REACH Consortium (“LOA REACH Consortium”) was established. The LOA REACH Consortium remained an open-ended consortium that welcomed applications from EU and non-EU manufacturers and importers of Lower Olefins and Aromatics. Non-EU manufacturers must be represented by an EU-based Only Representative.

Membership of the LOA REACH Consortium is currently open to new membership applications.

This diagram shows the structure of the LOA consortium.

Objectives

The LOA REACH Consortium’s purpose is to assist its Members with their REACH registrations in a cost efficient manner. It also ensures that that the documentation produced continues to be fit for the purpose of supporting the REACH registrations.

Scope

• 150 Lower Olefin and Aromatic substances (for a full listing see the substance information tab)

• Substances and UVCB streams

• 12 Categories to group similar UVCBs for efficient data sharing.

Major activities

• Develop and maintain joint technical dossiers for registration purposes

• Gather and assess existing studies

• Identify data gaps, apply read-across approaches where possible, assess opportunities for alternative approaches

• Develop testing proposals to close identified data gaps, prepare study summaries and robust study summaries for regulatory submission

• Develop uniform classification and labelling proposals according to CLP

• Prepare Chemical Safety Reports and “Guidance on safe use”

• Perform risk assessments

• Initiate testing where required to meet end-point data gaps