Coal Combustion Products and REACH (status 27.02.2024)
On 1st June 2007, the REACH-Regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) entered into force. By this, also each producer or importer of coal combustion products (CCPs) has to register the marketed or imported substances at the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) situated in Helsinki. Since 1 June 2008, CCPs which are not registered can not be produced and placed on the market.
Due to special regulations for "phase-in" material like CCPs the producers/importers of CCPs have pre-registered FGD- gypsum, spray dry absorption product (SDA-product), fly ash ((FA) from hard coal/lignite), bottom ash (BA), boiler slag (BS) and fluidised bed combustion ash (FBC-ash) as well as cenospheres (CE) and ashes from biomass combustion (BMA) with the CAS- and EC-numbers of the specific substances. For production volumes of more than 1000 tonnes per year the pre-registration had to be done by 1. December 2008, the registration had to be completed by 1. December 2010.
The producers/importers of substances with the same EC-numbers formed so-called pre-SIEFs (Substance Information Exchange Forum). Out of these pre-registered parties a „facilitator“ organised the pre-SIEF communication and cared for open questions within the pre-SIEF. The pre-SIEF activities were stopped in 2018.
The pre-registered parties agreed about the sameness of substances, defined Substance Identity Profiles (SIP) and formed Substance Information Exchange Fora (SIEF) for the preparation of joint registration dossiers with chemical,physical, toxicological and ecotoxicological data. For the registration of one substance only one registration dossier with the specific registration data can be filed. The SIEF members agreed for a so-called „Lead Registrant“ who submitted the substance specific joint registration dossier to the ECHA.
Consortia were formed for calcium sulfate, ashes (fly ash, bottom ash and boiler slag), for FBC-ash and for SDA product.
By 1st December 2010, the following substances were registered
- Calcium sulfate (natural and FGD gypsum)
- SDA-Product*
- Ashes from wet and dry bottom boilers (fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag)*
- Ashes from fluidized bed combustion boilers*
- Cenospheres
* for ashes and SDA-Product new EC numbers were used for registration.
Legal entities being members of the joint registration referred to the joint registration dossier by a token number provided by the lead registrant.
Pre-registered parties which will register at a later stage and are not members of a consortium can contact the lead registrant or contact partners listed below and ask for a letter of access (LoA) to the joint registration dossier.
Parties not being pre-registered can also ask for a LoA. However, they have to prepare an inquiry to ECHA to get a company specific number for registration and contact details to the lead company which has registered the same substance.
Information regarding sameness of substances for registration of CCPs and details of consortia are given below.
Calcium sulfate
Calcium sulfate (the registration covers FGD-and natural gypsum):
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substance definition: | |
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joint registration: |
Calcium sulfate 231-900-3 |
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EC nr: |
231-900-3 |
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Number of parties for registration: |
> 260 |
Calcium sulfate Consortium:
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Lead Registrant : |
SAINT GOBAIN PLACO IBERICA, S.A. |
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Project Manager: |
EUROGYPSUM |
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Contact: |
Note: For using rights for studies from Korea a second LoA has to be ordered.
SDA Product
SDA-product (the registration covers “clean” SDA product (< 10 % ash content):
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substance definition: | |
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joint registration: |
JS_SDA_Product |
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EC nr: |
931-259-6 |
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Number of parties for registration: |
> 20 |
By-Products Consortium:
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Lead Registrant : |
TAURON Polska Energia S.A. |
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Project Manager: |
Polish CCP Union |
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Contact: |
Ashes from wet and dry bottom boilers
Ashes (Fly ash, bottom ash and boiler slag) from wet and dry bottom boilers:
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substance definition: | |
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joint registration: |
JS_Ashes (residues),coal |
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EC nr: |
931-322-8 |
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Number of parties for registration: |
> 250 |
Ash-REACH-Consortium together with the By-Products Consortium and the ASVEP-Consortium:
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Lead Registrant : |
UNIPER Kraftwerke GmbH |
Contact details:
Ash-REACH Consortium
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Project Manager: |
vgbe energy |
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Contact: |
By-Products Consortium
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Project Manager: |
Polish CCP Union |
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Contact: |
ASVEP Consortium
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Project Manager: |
ASVEP Asociace pro Vyuziti produktu |
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Contact: |
Cenospheres
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substance definition: | |
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joint registration: |
Joint submission 300-212-6 |
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EC nr: |
300-212-6 |
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Number of parties for registration: |
> 10 |
Cenospheres Interest Group:
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Lead Registrant : |
OMYA CZ |
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Project Manager: |
OMYA GmbH, Cologne |
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Contact: |
FBC ash
Fluidized Bed Combustion boiler ash (FBC-ash):
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substance definition: | |
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joint registration: |
JS_FBC_Ash |
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EC nr: |
931-257-5 |
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Number of consortium members: |
> 20 |
By-Products Consortium:
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Lead Registrant : |
Tauron Polska Energia S.A. |
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Project Manager: |
Polish CCP-Union |
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Contact: |
Further information: Biomass ash
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substance definition: | |
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joint registration: |
JS_Ashes (residues), plant |
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EC nr: |
297-049-5 |
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Number of parties for registration: |
> 5 |
ASVEP Consortium:
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Lead Registrant : |
CEZ, a.s. |
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Project Manager: |
CEZ Energeticke produkty, s.r.o. |
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Contact: |
Further information: Mixed Ash
In the pre-SIEF for ashes (residues) – EC 268-627-4 – also the
Mixed Ash Consortium
was formed.
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substance definition: | |
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joint registration: |
Ash registration |
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EC nr: |
931-597-4 |
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Number of parties for registration: |
> 60 |
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Lead Registrant : |
Kymin Voima Oy |
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Project Manager: |
Linnunmaa Oy |
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Contact: |