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Application form for new members to join GTS e.V.
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Membership Application
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Members directory, GER/EN, status 28 April 2025 (PDF) For the latest details, please visit also our 
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GTS-Strahl is the association magazine and information medium for members and
interested parties. Twice a year, the GTS-Strahl informs about the activities of
the association and reports about members, events and the "thermal spray scene".
Since 2008, the GTS-Strahl has been published within the Thermal Spray Bulletin
in cooperation with DVS Media. Further information on this as well as editorial
dates and contacts can be found in the section GTS-Strahl.
With a click on the cover picture you can view or download the complete issue of the respective GTS-Strahl as a PDF file. Move your mouse over a picture to obtain information about the number and date of the issue.
Please note: Up to issue No. 13, GTS-Strahl has only been published in German, all issues from No. 14 onwards have been published in German and English.
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GTSPA001 GTS Statutes, 1 October 2021, EN (PDF) Fundamentals of the association |
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GTSPA003 GTS Quality Management Guidelines, EN (PDF) Describes how GTS interprets quality assurance, current edition June 2022 |
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GTSPA007 GTS Implementation Regulations, EN (PDF) Defines the obligations of a GTS member, current edition June 2022 |
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GTSPA011 GTS Certification Cost List – internal, EN (PDF) Certification costs incurred by GTS |
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GTSPA017 GTS Membership Fees, EN (PDF) GTS rates, share of costs and administration fee
Appendix to GTSPA017 - Explanations, EN (PDF)Explanation of the annual share of costs and one-off administration fee |
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GTSPA018 GTS Membership Application
EN (PDF – print version)
GTSPA018 GTS Membership Application
EN (PDF – fillable PDF form) Application form for new members to join GTS e.V. (Association of Thermal Sprayers) |
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GTSPA026 GTS
Flow Chart, EN (PDF) Shows GTS internal workflow from admission of a member through to certification and interim and re-audits |
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GTSPA029 GTS Compliance Guidelines, EN (PDF) Describes the compliance principles of GTS and provides guidance in the daily work of the association |
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Further GTS papers are available for members in the protected members' area.
In consultation with the GTS Quality Committee, the GTS working group
for REACH has compiled a form for submitting substance use which is
intended to help the user of a substance to submit its use to the
substance manufacturer or supplier in accordance with the European Union
Regulation on Chemical Substances.
The documents are based on “Guidance on information requirements and
chemical safety assessment, Chapter R.12: Use descriptor system” of the
European Chemicals Agency ECHA, issue dated 22.03.2010, ECHA Reference
No. ECHA-2010-G-05-EN.
Source: European Chemicals Agency,
http://echa.europa.eu/
GTS provides this form without taking responsibility for the correctness of the data and assumes no liability for any of the information provided by the person filling in the form.
Please pay strict attention to the information and instructions concerning the form included in the GTS Circular No. R0136 and at the end of the form.
You will find the English version of these documents
here
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GTS Circular No. R0136 REACH – form for submitting substance use, EN (PDF) |
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Form for submitting substance use from user to substance manufacturer or supplier in accordance with REACH, EN (PDF) |
Descriptor lists from the ECHA Guidance documents with GTS recommendations:
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Sectors of use SU,
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Process categories PROC,
EN
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Chemical Product Category PC,
EN
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Environmental Release Categories ERC,
EN
(PDF) |
The following links will take you to the ECHA websites and the pathfinder for Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment as well as to the direct download for Chapter R.12: Use descriptor system:
Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment –
PATHFINDER
Guidance
on information requirements and chemical safety assessment
Chapter R.12: Use descriptor system, EN
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