Regulatory Updates: Middle East, Eurasia and Africa

• Efforts of the member states
• News and updates
• Outlook for 2022

Olesia Pochapska

Global Accounts and BD Director, REACHLaw, Finland

• Technical regulation, a twenty year journey in Russia and the EAEU;
• Implementation of TR 041/2017, five years of experience, current status and future;
• The requirements of technical regulation for international companies in registration of chemical products imports. Analysis of risks by options. What can be optimal?

Ivan Ivanov

Operations Performance Group Lead, ERM Eurasia

Andrey Kolesnichenko

Senior Consultant, ERM Eurasia

Grigory Konin

Product Stewardship Consultant & Technical Director, ERM Associate Consultant

This presentation will cover the key Turkish chemicals regulations KKDIK, SEA and SDS and take a look at the EU‐Turkey Regulatory Approximation, KKDIK, transition and key provisions, forseeable challenges and choices for compliance.

Tugce Gurleroglu

Deputy Director, REACH Global Services S.A, Turkey

Activities & Outlook for 2022

• Chemical management in Kenya​
• Updates on standards in East African Community (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda)  for chemical, cosmetic, wet wipes and other biocidal products ​
• Other updates in Egypt, Ghana, Sierra Leone

Nhat Nguyen

Chief Analyst, Enhesa Product, USA

• Hazard communication (classification, packaging, labeling and SDS), and transport.

Emel Kasim

Regulatory Research Analyst, EMEA, 3E Company

• Overview of the Middle Eastern chemical regulatory environment
• Israel
• Saudi Arabia
• Pakistan

Michael S. Wenk

Senior Manager – Product Risk and Registration, Global Product Risk, Vanderbilt Global Services, LLC

• GHS implementation
• Israel moves to post-market control of imported products
• Other topics

Shimshon Roth

Regulatory and Compliance Analyst, Enhesa Product

The GHS implementation journey in the Gulf Cooperative Counsel (GCC) started in 2017 at GPCA. Under the directions of the Responsible Care Committee, the Product Stewardship sub-committee have spearheaded the efforts and published the “GSO GHS Standard” to guide the local industry and government agencies to adopt GHS in the GCC.  

• introduction to the key agencies involved, their roles and responsibilities;
• GSO (Gulf Standardisation Organisation), responsible for forming the implementation team and manage the process. 

Abdallah Abou-Haidar

Senior Specialist, Regulatory Affairs, Product Stewardship Department, SABIC, Saudia Arabia