Advocacy

The Lead REACH Consortium advocates proportionate regulation which is based on sound science and is supportive of responsible, sustainable production and use of lead and its substances.

For more information on our current advocacy activities, please contact us.

Position statements and leaflets

• Joint ILA-Pb REACH Consortium Open Statement following ECHA’s 11th Recommendation for Authorisation, co-signed by more than 40 organisations
• Pb metal and ECHA’s draft 11th recommendation: Position statement
• Leaflet: Lead: a key enabler of the Circular Economy
• Lead-based batteries are vital to the day-to-day economic wellbeing of Europe: e-leaflet
• Review of the Binding EU Occupational Exposure Limits for Lead must be a priority for DG Employment
  • Letter to DG Employment | Position statement
• Cross-industry recommendations for better regulation in chemicals management
• Joint Lead REACH Consortium-EUROBAT advocacy pack:
  • Infographic | Presentation | Position statement
• Briefing Note: Exemptions from Authorisation and REACH Article 58(2) in the context of lead compounds recommended for Authorisation
• Shot: status as an article

Public consultations

• Public consultation on Sweden’s proposal to include Pb metal on the REACH Candidate List: Consortium response
• Responses to the public consultation on ECHA’s draft 7th recommendation for Authorisation:
  • Lead monoxide | Lead tetroxide | Tetralead trioxide sulfate | Pentalead tetraoxide sulfate
• Responses to the public consultation on ECHA’s draft 9th recommendation for Authorisation:
  • • Dioxobis(stearato)trilead | Fatty acids, C16-18, lead salts | Lead oxide sulfate | [Phthalato(2-)]dioxotrilead | Sulfurous acid, lead salt, dibasic | Trilead dioxide phosphonate