The manufacturers of 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC) have joined efforts for their REACH compliance activities and have launched in February 2009 the EDC REACH consortium.

Letter of Access now available for purchase through the ReachCentrum LoA Shop.

Consortium description
The consortium members agreed to cooperate in the preparation of a REACH Registration dossier for EDC as intermediate (Annex VII) as well as non-intermediate (Annex X) with a hazard assessment but without CSA/CSR. Harmonised classification and labelling will be provided. EDC is a CMR cat 2 (Carc. 1B under CLP). The consortium will be managed by ReachCentrum.

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

1,2-dichloroethane (EDC), as a mono-constituent substance, is a liquid that is sold in different transport packages like tank wagons, barrels etc. EDC is produced by direct reaction of Chlorine with Ethylene or by oxychlorination of Ethylene with Hydrogen Chloride and Oxygen.

Membership
The EDC REACH consortium structure includes a Steering 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.

Current members of the consortium
ANWIL SA
ARKEMA France
ARKEMA QVC
BASF SE
BorsodChem Zrt
Dow Deutschland Anlagengesellschaft mbH
Aragonesas Industrias S.A. (Ercros Group)
EVONIK Degussa GmbH
INEOS Chlor Limited
Kaustik Europe BV
Novácke Chemické Závody A/S
OLTCHIM S.A.
POLIMERI PLC
Shin-Etsu PVC BV
SolVin GmbH & Co. KG
Syndial SpA
LVM NV
VESTOLIT GmbH & Co. KG
Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG

Interesting links
Euro Chlor
EDC SIEF documents available for download here.