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Metinvest Products Pass REACH Registration
12/07/2010 - Metinvest has successfully completed the registration of all its products under European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use (EC 1907/2006, REACH), securing the ability to supply its products to users in the European Economic Area from December 1, 2010.
Metinvest has successfully completed the registration of all its products under European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use (EC 1907/2006, REACH).
The products of Metinvest Group enterprises have passed the REACH registration procedure and obtained registration numbers in late November for all the dossiers submitted to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), securing the ability to supply its products to users in the European Economic Area (EEA) after November 30, 2010.
Following the requirements of REACH and its amendments (Commission Regulation No. 453/2010), the Safety Data Sheets (SDS) have been compiled in accordance to the new European format. The SDS database is being created that will enable users to access the SDS through the corporate website of Metinvest Group.
Along with REACH, Metinvest is actively implementing the requirements of European Regulation No 1272/2010 on classification, labeling, and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP), according to which all the substances and mixtures to be shipped to the EU and subject to REACH registration in 2013 and 2018 must have undergone notification in ECHA by January 3, 2011.
Metinvest is an international vertically integrated mining and metallurgical group of companies. Production facilities of Metinvest Group enterprises allow them to satisfy their own demand for raw materials, liquid steel, and semi-finished products and to be a key supplier for major Ukrainian and European companies as well as Asian companies. The shareholders of Metinvest Group are SCM Group (75%) and Smart Holding (25%), which take part in management of Metinvest Group on partnership basis.
