Global Enforcement Summit 2021

• Introduction of the new communication and cooperation processes on enforcement cases
• Between NEAs and Echa
• Spotlight on processes for enforcement of Echa decisions
• Information on Echa’s revised addressee policy and ensuing consequences for enforcement

Katja vom Hofe

Vice Chair, The Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement

• A ’no data, no problem’ approach, in particular for substances already on the market, is leading to deficiencies in classification and labelling of substances, and can hamper effective restrictions and other controls on hazardous substances, for example PFASs
• One potential solution is an increased use of grouping, where substances are considered to have the hazard properties of the most hazardous chemical in a group of similar substances
• This could also incentivise delivery of safety information, unlike the current approach which can create a perverse incentive on companies to avoid/delay delivering adequate safety and use data

Michael Warhurst

Executive Director, CHEM Trust, United Kingdom

• What has enforcement achieved in the past ten years, and what achievements would you like to be talking about in ten years’ time?
• Do you expect the enforcement of the EU market surveillance Regulation to bring about a level playing field; if not why not?
• To what extent does enforcement need to focus on imports?
• How should chemicals restrictions on secondary material streams be best enforced? 
• How could a clearer understanding of enforceability contribute to safer products on the market? For example, in recent restrictions on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)or tattoo inks is there infrastructure to enforce them?
• Do the planned changes for REACH registrations go far enough to ensure high quality dossiers?

Additional panelist:

Blanca Serrano

Director, Product Stewardship, Cefic

• Enforcement of internet trade:
• Nordic project on enforcement of internet trade (2019)
• project on internet trade (2020)
• government assignment on problems with internet sales (2021)
• Cooperation with customs
• Restrictions in textiles, including the new carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic (CMR) regulation

Karin Rumar

Strategic Advisor and Inspector, Swedish Chemicals Agency

Frida Ramström

Inspector, Swedish Chemicals Agency

• The GB legislative regime
• What has not changed
• What might change
• Hot topics / future priorities
• How Covid-19 has affected enforcement activities
• A view from Northern Ireland

Mike Potts

Principal Enforcement Officer, Chemicals Regulation Division, Health and Safety Executive, UK

Louis Burns

Inspector of Health and Safety, Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI)

• Enforcement work in Italy and Germany: main weaknesses and strengths
• How the relevant authorities carry out the enforcement
• Future development of enforcement at national level
• An overview of the main hot topics in both countries with a specific focus on:
• on-line sales
• End of Waste and REACH
• other future developments currently envisaged

Bettina Enderle

Lawyer, Enderle Environmental Law

Giovanna Landi

Lawyer, Landilex Law Firm

• Introduction, history and background
• Extended producer responsibility
• definition and general tends
• two main models (municipal reimbursement and full producer responsibilities)
• Discussion of plastic taxes
• New packaging comparison chart

Melanie Rybar

Regulatory and Compliance Analyst, Enhesa Product, USA

• Public perception of toxicology/chemical substances (differences in risk judgment between experts and lay people, what does “intuitive toxicology” mean?)
• Adults' perception and decision making regarding hazardous chemical household products (eg, role of warning labels/GHS symbols and other product attributes for risk perception/behaviour, misconceptions and misunderstandings regarding risks and hazards)
• Children’s interactions with hazardous chemical household products (eg, grasping behaviour, perception of parents of preschool children)
• Implications for enforcement and public risk perception

Dr Angela Bearth

Senior Researcher, ETH Zurich and University of Basel

Working towards the implementation of GHS at a global level

Oliver Wootton

Specialist, Chemicals and Waste Management Programme, UNITAR

Case study: the implementation of GHS in Kyrgyzstan, which has just received the Future Policy Award 2021

• Purpose and objectives of Kyrgyzstan state policy on chemical hazard classification 
• System and hazard information requirements
• Key features 
• Impacts

Olga Speranskaya

Co-Director, Health and Environment Justice Support (HEJSupport)

• Legal framework on chemical management in the Philippines
• Lead and Philippine policies on leaded paints
• What prompted the development and adoption of the policy?
• How was the policy developed?
• Who are the key players?
• Implementation and milestones

Edwin Romel Navaluna

Supervising Environmental Management Specialist, Environmental Management Bureau-Department of Environment and Natural Resources, The Philippines

• What is the role of enforcement at the national and regional levels in tackling global discrepancies in chemicals management?
• Do the OECD and UNEP publications and guidance documents on best enforcement practices help countries develop/enforce national chemicals and wastes legislation?
• What needs to be done to make significant improvements in tackling the illegal trade in chemicals?
• Are there good examples of enforcement of chemicals management rules by trade blocs?

Martin Kayser

Senior Vice President of Corporate Projects, BASF, Germany

David Azoulay

Managing Attorney, Geneva Office, Centre for International Environmental Law

Oliver Wootton

Specialist, Chemicals and Waste Management Programme, UNITAR

Olga Speranskaya

Co-Director, Health and Environment Justice Support (HEJSupport)