IN THIS ISSUE
• First Newsletter
• Membership
• ECO Label Cosmetics
• Accredited Stakeholder Organisation
• Consortium news
Benefits of Membership
Input to a forum that will fight for our needs within our industry.
Access to our newsletter to keep up to date with all BPR & ECHA matters.
Access to our technical area where companies can share and exchange case studies.
Access to our members forum, where questions can be raised and answered by fellow members.
Board of Directors
Ville Sarja , Chairman
Torben Faurby, Board Director
Peter Madsen, Board Director
Philipp Kunze, Board Director
Marco van Schaik, Board Director
Tor Wauer, Board Director
Gary Driscoll, Board Director
Damien Byrne, Director
www.eca-industry.org web site
The setup of a professional web site, where we can openly share our vision as an association and have an area where all our members can express their opinions is essential. Thank you for taking time to read our newsletter.
Consortium News
As an Industry Association, we aim to establish close communication and partnerships with all consortia working on behalf of our members. Several consortia have submitted applications for the following substances:
• Active Chlorine generated from sodium Chloride by electrolysis (In-situ)
• Active Chlorine released from Hypochlorous Acid (Bottle)
In discussions with our colleagues in the ECA Consortium, they have graciously provided the following update on the Product Authorization EU:
The EU product authorization application is progressing well. The Danish eCA (Miljøstyrelsen) has raised additional questions about the application submitted in July 2022. Some questions have been answered, and others are still in progress.
ECA Consortium A/S anticipates no issues in responding to the raised questions and expects approval for In-situ by the beginning of 2025 and for Bottle by the beginning of 2026.
Application in the UK (In-situ):
Currently, there is no requirement for an application for In-situ. The HSE has set a deadline of August 2023 for companies interested in applying for In-situ. ECA Consortium A/S submitted an expression of interest in 2022 and a formal application in January 2024. The expectation is to appear on the HSE Article 95 list shortly, and there will be a yet-to-be-determined deadline for companies to be legally present on the UK market.
We seek input from all the relevant consortia and will engage with them for contributions to our future newsletters.
WELCOME
To the first ECA Industry Association Newsletter!
As we, as an industry, move through the BPR regulatory process, many of us have identified the need for an industry association so that our views and concerns can be represented at the highest levels.
The goal of this industry association is to perform this task on behalf of all its members in a fair and transparent way.
For us to be successful, and have a meaningful impact as an association, requires strength in numbers. We need as many companies as possible to join our association to give us the leverage to be heard at the highest level and the mandate to cover all aspects of our industry.
Like most industry associations, the first step is always the hardest. We need members to join to not only give us the legitimacy that is required for any industry association but also the budget to set up the basic foundations correctly.
On behalf of the ECA Industry Association board,
Ville Sarja
Chairman
Would you like to have an impact on the new criteria for ECO LABEL cosmetics?
ECA IA has received a request from the Nordic Swan ECO label to provide feedback on the proposed cosmetics criteria. The draft criteria will be released on March 8th, and comments are accepted until April 29th, 2024. Members of ECA IA are encouraged to share their insights for ECA IA’s response to the Nordic Swan cosmetics draft criteria.
ECA IA is organizing an information session on this topic on March 14th at 1 pm CET.
You can express your interest in attending the information session by email us at info@eca-industry.org or following the link on our web site www.eca-industry.org.
Accredited Stakeholder Organization (ASO)
ECA Industry Association has applied for the role of an Accredited Stakeholder Organization (ASO) with ECHA as of 13th February 2024.
The benefit of being an Accredited Stakeholder Organization in ECHA is the ability to influence the development of biocidal product regulation (BPR) and to get up-to-date information from ECHA.
Cooperation with accredited stakeholders contributes to an efficient information flow both from the field to ECHA and vice versa. Accredited stakeholder organizations can support ECHA’s work through various bodies and networks.
ECA Industry Association has requested to work with the Biocidal Products Committee. ECHA will respond to our application latest by mid-May 2024.