Recent meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.
Mission & Goals
The REACH Alliance is an “association de fait” regrouping and representing a number of sectors in the Inorganics Industry: ferro-alloys, cement, ceramics & expanded clay, gypsum, iron & steel, industrial minerals & lime, metallic ores, paper, precast concrete, ready-mixed concrete, concrete admixtures, carbon & graphite, glass. This Alliance roughly represents a total turnover of 335 billion Euro, manufactures about 2.3 billion tonnes of products and provides direct employment to over 1.75 million people. The purpose of the Association is to represent the interest of its members vis-à-vis the European Institutions, their related Agencies (e.g. ECHA) and Committees or groups (e.g. CARACAL) in the context of the REACH Regulation 1907/2006 (EC) and CLP Regulation 1272/2008 (EC), and the overarching Chemical Strategy for Sustainability.
EU Legislative Interests
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC and its numerous amendments. Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and its numerous amendments COM(2020) 667 final COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS - Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability:Towards a Toxic-Free Environment COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION C/2024/2894 - Guiding criteria and principles for the essential use concept in EU legislation dealing with chemicals Non-toxic environment strategy; Interface between chemicals and waste; REACH review program; ECHA Guidances: Drafting and revision; Chemical Strategy for Sustainability; Zero Pollution Action Plan
Communication Activities
None for the moment
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Not affiliated or linked with other associations/networks the REACH Alliance is the umbrella organisation
Organisation Members
Eurofer (www.eurofer.eu) Cerame-Unie (www.cerameunie.eu) Eurogypsum (www.eurogypsum.org) BIBM (www.bibm.eu) CEPI (www.cepi.org) Euromines (www.euromines.org) IMA-Europe (www.ima-europe.eu) ERMCO (www.ermco.eu) Euroalliages (www.euroalliages.com) Cement Europe(www.cementeurope.eu/) EFCA (http://www.efca.info) Glass Alliance Europe (www.glassallianceeurope.eu) ECGA (www.ecga.net)