The manufacturers of hydrogen chloride have joined efforts for their REACH compliance activities and have launched in December 2008 the HCl REACH consortium

Consortium description
The members of the Hydrogen Chloride consortium agreed to cooperate in the preparation of a REACH Registration dossier for HCl. It will be a full registration dossier on physico/chemical properties, health, environment in the form of a IUCLID5 dossier. The consortium is managed by ReachCentrum.

Substance
The following substance is covered by the Hydrogen Chloride consortium and has to be registered under the REACH legislation by December 2010:

Gaseous HCl will be registered as (transported) isolated intermediate. The Technical dossier will focus on the use as hydrochloric acid (HCl in water).

Membership
The HCl REACH consortium structure includes a Steering Committee, an Executive Committee and a Technical Committee. The consortium is open to manufacturers, importers and only representatives as defined in the REACH regulation and includes their Affiliates.

Members of the Hydrogen Chloride consortium
Akzo Nobel Industrial Chemicals BV
Altair Chimica SpA
Anwil SA
Arkema France
BASF SE
Bayer Material Science AG
Borregaard Industries Ltd
Borsodchem RT
CABB GmbH
CABB Holding GmbH
Cabot Corporation
Chimcomplex Borzesti
CUF- Quimicos Industriais SA
DniproAZOT Trade s.r.o.
Donau Chemie AG
Dow Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft GmbH
DuPont de Nemours (Nederland) BV
Dyneon GmbH
Electroquimica de Hernani SA
Ercros Industrial SA
Evonik Degussa GmbH
Finchimica Spa
Kemira Oyj
Fluorchemie GmbH Frankfurt
Grillo-Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Hellenic Petroleum
Huntsman Europe BVBA
Industrial Chemicals Ltd
Ineos Chlor Limited
International Chemical Investors SA
Kronos International
MEMC Electronic Materials Spa
Micro-Bio Limited
Millenium Inorganic Chemicals Ltd
Müllwervetung Borsigstrasse GmbH
Müllwervetung Rugenberger Damm GmbH & CO. KG
Nufarm Limited
Novacke Chemichké Zavody A/S
Oltchim SA
PCC SE
Perstorp France
Polimeri PLC
Produits Chimiques d’Harbonnières
Quimica del Cinca SA
Rhodia UK Ltd
Sasol Germany GmbH
Solvay Electrolyse France SAS
Spolchemie
Syndial SA
Teijin Aramid
Tessenderlo Chemie NV
Thor GmbH
Vestolit GmbH
Vinnolit GmbH
Wacker Chemie AG
Wibarco GmbH
Zaklady Chemiczne Zachem

Interesting links
Euro Chlor
Hydrogen Chloride SIEF documents available for download here.