Programme
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Coffee and registration
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Moderator: David Dillon, Senior Regulatory and Compliance Analyst, Chemical Watch
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Welcome and introduction
- Session 1: Enforcement of European chemicals legislation in the context of the REACH and CLP revisions
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Update from Echa’s Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement
- Overview of Forum activities
- Zero tolerance for non-compliance
- Strengthening the Forum's role
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How to align REACH with best enforcement practices
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Commission overview including enforcement dimensions of the REACH and CLP revisions
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Industry perspectives on improving enforcement and market surveillance
- How to reconcile the chemicals strategy for sustainability’s aims to speed up regulatory action on chemical legislation and strengthen market surveillance through a 'zero tolerance approach to non-compliance'
- Data from Rapex/EU Safety Gate show that we still have an issue enforcing current legislation, and this is becoming more complex due to popularity of online sales
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Update from Echa’s Unit Support and Enforcement
- What did we learn from 15 years Forum of enforcement?
- Looking forward for the next 15 years!
- How to exchange better with all our stakeholders?
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Q&A and panel discussion
The implementation of the enforcement chapter of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability with its ambition of ‘zero tolerance to non-compliance'
- In the context of the ongoing REACH and CLP revisions and the CSS, what is and is not working in terms of cross-EU enforcement?
- How to achieve ‘zero tolerance for non-compliance'?
- An EU audit system for regular REACH controls in member states?
- How to strengthen the REACH-OSH interlink?
- How to build a chemicals–waste interlink?
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Refreshments
- Session 2: Appeals procedures
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An update of recent Echa Board of Appeal decisions
Member of the Board of Appeal, European Chemicals Agency
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First tier tribunal remedies – a new route to challenge UK authorities
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Q&A
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Lunch
- Session 3: Current core enforcement updates
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REF-11 updates
- A brief look at the amended Annex II of REACH, the trigger for REF-11
- Project scope and objectives
- Expected outcome of the project
- Project timeline
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The scope of, and Swedish experiences with, REF-10 and other national enforcement projects
- Scope of REF-10 integrated product control
- Examples of integrated control of articles in Sweden (summer articles and home electronics)
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Ongoing enforcement projects anticipating the CSS
Eugen Anwander
Senior Scientific Officer, Institute for Environment and Food Safety, Vorarlberg State Service, Austria & Chair of Echa BPR Enforcement Forum, Finland -
UK enforcement developments
- Divergence
- Online sales/market surveillance in GB
- Proactive enforcement plans
Mike Potts
Senior Enforcement Officer, Chemicals Regulation Division, Health and Safety Executive, UK -
Industry reflections on the enforcement of market surveillance
- REACH4textiles updates and early findings to help market surveillance for large volume consumer goods
- Industry self-regulatory measures vs REACH
- Enforceability concerns relating to upcoming REACH restrictions
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Reflections on the enforcement of online sales
- Enforcement case studies
- The challenges faced by enforcing authorities
- Potential solutions – what should or could be done?
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Q&A and panel discussion on recent Forum enforcement projects, particularly online sales and market surveillance
Additional panellist:
Lars Vogt, Director EU Policy, Toy Industries of Europe
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Refreshment break
- Session 4: Newly emerging enforcement areas related to the CSS
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Experiences with the Danish PFAS ban in paper and board food contact materials (FCMs)
- Introduction to the Danish legislation concerning PFASs in paper and board FCMs
- Enforcement of FCM legislation in Denmark – analysis and inspections
- Recent analytical results for PFASs in paper and board FCMs
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KEMI Enforcement 7/21: PFAS in chemical products and articles
- Analysis of restricted PFOAs and PFOSs, and unrestricted PFASs
- Project results and conclusions
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Q&A
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End of conference