Saint-Gobain is aware of the new REACH Regulation and committed to the support of their customers. Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials AS, Lillesand, Norway, pre-registered the European SiC production and was appointed by all non-European based facilities as the only representative inside the EU.
Customers purchasing SIKA silicon carbide from Saint-Gobain are assured that pre-regestration of this substance is completed. The pre-registration numbers that have been assigned to this pre-registration by the European Chemicals Agency are:
| Norway:
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05-2114087228-42-0000
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| Brazil:
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05-2114089972-28-0000
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Venezuela:
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05-2114089919-25-0000
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| China:
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05-2114089943-43-0000
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India:
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05-2114089960-38-0000
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Consequently, customers purchasing from us are in the position of a down-stream user (DU).
The final registration will most probably be completed in May 2009. Saint-Gobain as a member of SiCMa is up-front involved in all negotiations taken in resprect to REACH.