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In 2011 Chromium-Trioxide and several Cobalt-salts were prioritised for the acceptance in REACH Annex XIV.
The electroplating branch managed to send more than 500 comments to ECHA to try to stop the intention.

May 31. 2010 CETS started to become a European non profit Organisation following Belgien law.
The contract was signed at a notary in Brussels to start the legal act.

The general assembly 2008 was held on 21st October in Barcelona.

The GA decited to elect our friend Tony Hart as a honorary member of CETS for his long and effective activity as the chairman if the Nickel Working Group.

• January 2009 a list of 7 SVHC candidades for annex IV was published from ECHA
• The registration of substances was compleeted at 30. Nov. 2008

Revision of Directive 2002/96/EG

The document can be found here

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/pdf/review_2002_96_ec_directive.pdf


Consultation of 202/96/EG
The EU started a consultation to gather information about WEEE to assess economic, social and environmental aspects of the directive.
The document can be found at the address
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/pdf/info_gath_ex.pdf

• EU Risc Assessment on Nickel
• REACH Status - Nickel