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CEPE Signal
Safety, Health & Environment Advisory Body (SHEAB), 3
April
Volume 5, Issue 5, May 2012
The SHEAB issue List has been updated.
SHEAB will review 7 briefing papers, to be posted on CEPE
Workplace.
A draft briefing paper ‘Workers Exposure to CMR’ was circulated for the first time.
CEPE will not sign the Social Dialogue Agreement on Respirable Crystalline Silica because of the heavy administrative
burden for companies.
SHEAB discussed a draft CEPE paper on ‘Sustainable Consumption and Production and Sustainable Industrial Policy’
Peter Bachhausen from BASF was elected unanimously as the
new SHEAB Chairman.
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Toxicology Advisory Group (ToxAG), 12 & 13 April
The group has reviewed 29 chemicals or chemical families that
are critical for the paint and printing ink businesses. Since the
last ToxAG meeting 20 CEPE Status Reports have been
updated and discussed due to new information collected by the
ToxAG Rapporteurs.
One issue was reopened on ‘Toxicology of crystalline silica’.
Three issues were closed:
’Toxicology of white spirit’;
‘Endocrine modulating chemicals’;
‘Toxicology of cobalt (II) complexes’.
Unfortunately the number of active members continues to fall.
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Transport, 16 & 17 April
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The Technical Committee, which monitors all activities affecting
international transport (ADR, UN, IMDG Code and ICAO), met
on 16/17 April. Discussions were held with José Franco of the
Portuguese transport ministry and Chairman of the ADR WP15
Committee. CEPE/IPPIC papers were being prepared for the
UN Sub-Committee of Experts on Transport on: reduced label
size; a Class 9 entry for Paint and Printing Ink; the description
of pollutants on documentation; and a new special packing
provision extending the PP1 limits for UN3082 environmentally
hazardous materials. A paper was to be prepared for IMO on
the carriage of PP1 materials on short sea crossings. Actions
were taken on the sale of paint on the internet and consequent
shipment by post, the printing of LQ markings on cartons and
the problem of supply marking of packs for materials nonhazardous for transport.
Status Reports
24 Status Reports were updated. They are available on
CEPE Workplace
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Vehicle Refinish EU Sector Group, 19 April
One focus at the meeting of the CEPE sector group Vehicle
Refinish on April 19 2012 was on the current status of and
problems with the implementation of the Vehicle Refinish
Product Directive 2004/42/EC in different member states. Also
status and next step on a LCI (life cycle inventory) regarding
the CEPE sustainability task force were discussed. Updates
and next activities on REACH and CLP were reviewed.
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Powder coatings Group, 24 April
The Powder Sector Group discussed a first proposal for a
design of a Life Cycle Analysis of Powder on extruded aluminium.
CEPE’s trustee for the collection paint statistics gave a presentation on the benefits of reliable industry data. The powder
producers will be invited to support this project.
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