Bisphenol A REACH consortium
The leading manufacturers of Bisphenol A have joined efforts for their REACH compliance activities and have launched the BPA REACH consortium
Last update : October 2011 Additional information on REACH registration dossier
Consortium description
Through the BPA REACH consortium, the manufacturers have decided to join efforts to prepare a consistent registration dossier for Bisphenol A. The project management and secretariat of the consortium is handled by ReachCentrum.
The founding members of the Bisphenol A consortium are the following companies:
- Bayer MaterialScience AG
- Dow Europe GmbH
- Harlan Cytotest Cell Research GmbH representing:
- Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd
- Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
- Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
- Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd
- Hexion Specialty Chemicals
- Sabic Innovative Plastics
Substance covered
The following substance has to be registered under the REACH legislation and is covered in the BPA consortium:
| Type of Substance |
Mono-constituent Substance
|
| IUPAC name |
2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane
|
| Other names |
Bisphenol A
BPA
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
4,4'-(1-Methylethylidene)bisphenol
4,4'-Dihydroxydiphenylpropane
4,4'-(Propane-2,2-diyl)diphenol
4,4'-Isopropylidenebisphenol |
| EINECS number |
201-245-8 |
| CAS name |
Phenol, 4,4'-(1-methylethylidene)bis-
|
| CAS number |
80-05-7 |
Membership
The BPA REACH consortium structure includes Steering and Technical Committees and the consortium secretariat managed by ReachCentrum. The consortium is open to any applicant fulfilling the membership criteria - manufacturers/ importers/ only representatives as defined in the REACH Regulation of the substance on its own, in preparations or in articles and that are subject to the registration requirements pursuant to the REACH Regulation, or Affiliates thereof. The BPA REACH consortium has adopted the Cefic proposal for the coding of SIEFs and has accordingly communicated with SIEF pre-registrants.
More information
Please click here to find out more information on the Bisphenol A dossier (status of dossier preparation, SIEF communication, SIP etc.)
Letter of Access
The LoA is now available. Please use this liink to access the LoA e-shop : http://loashop.reachcentrum.eu
Interesting links
European Information Centre on Bisphenol A
