Miljø- og Planlægningsudvalget 2005-06
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17. oktober 2005
I opfølgning af mødet i Folketingets Europaudvalg den 14. oktober 2005
vedlægges som lovet af miljøministeren formandskabets konklusioner fra
rådsmødet (konkurrenceevne) den 11. oktober 2005 vedrørende REACH.
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Luxembourg, 11 October
2005
Competitiveness Council 11 October 2005 – REACH
Presidency summing-up
Overall, the Presidency is encouraged by the positive response to
the compromise proposal and the constructive contribution of all
delegations. This debate has taken us an important step closer to
achieving agreement on this dossier at our next meeting in No-
vember.
I would like to make the following concluding remarks:
With regard to the registration of substances between 1 and
10 tonnes, it seems to the Presidency that there is broad sup-
port for a targeted approach to information requirements as
proposed by the Presidency including additional information in
Annex V.
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Some delegations have expressed a preference for the ap-
proach only to apply to existing substances.
It appears to the Presidency that a significant number of dele-
gations are in favour of a system in which the requirement for
determining whether further information is to be provided is
kept with the registrant.
The Presidency notes that this approach would not preclude
that the Agency could be involved in assisting industry deci-
sions.
Regarding the registration of substances between 10 and 100
tonnes, it appears to the Presidency that there is broad con-
sensus that the Presidency’s proposal to reduce the infor-
mation requirements is appropriate, though some delegations
signalled an openness to consider the possibility of exposure-
based waiving of information in this tonnage range.
The Presidency notes a broad consensus towards sharing of
all data and joint submission of information for registrants of
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the same substance provided that further consideration is giv-
en to provisions aiming to ensure that companies are able to
act in a cost-efficient way and adequate protection of commer-
cial business information.
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The Council therefore instructs the Permanent Representa-
tives Committee to examine the issues discussed in more de-
tail with a view to preparing for a political agreement on
REACH at the next session of the Competitiveness Council at
the end of November 2005.
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