Activated Carbon Consortium

The total costs and contributions of the dossier preparation by the consortium will be calculated, and spread over the members equally. REACH preparation work was also undertaken by ACPA before setting up the Consortium.

The total costs for all consortium work includes among others:

Past test work
Specific REACH test work
Management and administration
Technical support
Contribution of members

The registration fees payable to ECHA by each registering legal entity are not included.

The total costs are difficult to predict due to the scope of the activities and uncertainties related to testing and dossier preparation. The current estimate is 1 200 000 EUR for the 2010 Dossier.

Cost for one or two substances

As most costs are common for both Low Density Skeleton and High Density Skeleton Activated Carbon, the Consortium has decided to split the cost in the following way:

Tests costs for only one substance only applicable for members registering that substance
Costs for read across shall be split equally over all consortium members
Other costs including Consortium Management costs shall be split equally over all consortium members
No differentiation on tonnage band as Consortium Members have access to all data and can use for other non-REACH regulations.

The running costs of the Consortium are funded by the members, for which purpose Royal Haskoning sends out invoices to the members as defined in the Consortium Agreement.

There are currently 15 members, new members joining after September 15, 2010 are required to pay an initial fee of 80.000 EUR.

The financial year of the Consortium runs from 1 January to 31 December of each calendar year. After closing of any year, the total costs per Member will be calculated, and each Member will be invoiced/refunded as required to level the costs.