Agenda
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Registration and coffee
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Welcome and introduction
- Session 1: Overview of UK chemicals regulations
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Understanding UK REACH: Current scope and upcoming developments
- overview of UK REACH and its objectives, including key differences between UK REACH and EU REACH;
- current scope of UK REACH, including:
- substances covered and exemptions
- registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction processes (including transitionary measures)
- responsibilities of manufacturers, importers, and downstream users
- future developments and anticipated regulatory changes for UK REACH (e.g. further extension of registration deadlines).
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Q&A session
- Session 2: Trade and export controls
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Beyond Brexit: The evolving regulatory landscape of UK-EU chemical supply chain
The UK-EU chemical trade is at a crossroads. Once highly integrated, Brexit and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) have disrupted supply chains, adding complex customs barriers, regulatory misalignment, and rising costs.
- examine the current state of UK-EU chemical supply chains;
- the regulatory and logistical challenges businesses face
- the initiatives underway to restore trade flow and ensure long-term resilience.
- policy adjustments to industry-led solutions; and
- explore how companies can adapt and stay competitive in this evolving landscape.
- examine the current state of UK-EU chemical supply chains;
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Q&A session
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Refreshment break
- Session 3: Data sharing disputes
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Embracing uncertainty: Managing UK REACH data sharing
- impacts of an alternative transitional registration model (ATRm) on data sharing;
- key milestones and developments to watch; and
- practical steps to take now to reduce costs and avoid duplication of efforts.
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Q&A session
- Session 4: Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulation
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PIC regulation and its requirements
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Q&A session
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Lunch break and networking
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Welcome back
- Session 5: Classification, labelling, and packaging of chemicals
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Understanding the CLP regulation and its impact on chemical exports
- EU CLP revision, what changes are coming?;
- GB CLP recent updates;
- examples of divergence;
- impacts of divergence to industry; and
- what’s next for GB CLP?
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Q&A session
- Session 6: The continued use of the CE mark in the UK
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Navigating the changing regulations
- practical steps businesses need to take to ensure smooth trade while complying with both UK and EU standards.
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Q&A session
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Refreshment break
- Session 7: Compliance and enforcement
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Compliance and enforcement, distributors and SMEs challenges
- advice for distributors and SMEs to proactively react in the challenging regulatory world;
- the critical role of the supply chain in regulatory compliance; and
- effective methods for sharing and managing regulatory information within the supply chain.
Pierre Germain
Technical and Regulatory Affairs Manager, European Association of Chemical Distributors (Fecc) -
Q&A session
- Session 8: Future developments
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Interactive panel discussion
Upcoming regulatory changes & industry outlook: What to expect in the next 5-10 years
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Close of conference