Programme
- Session 4: Harmonisation of enforcement
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Working towards the improvement of the quality, consistency and digitalisation of e-SDSs
- Distributors’ role in REACH
- Communication in the Supply Chain and challenges for distributors
- Fecc activities towards improvement
- Key messages
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Irantzu Garmendia Aguirre
Project Officer, European Commission, Directorate General Joint Research Centre -
Cooperation with customs, experience and upcoming pilot project
- Forum working group for the cooperation with customs
- Efforts at Forum level for further promoting the cooperation with customs
- Latest update
- Special focus on promoting the cooperation with customs in Cyprus
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Enforcement of imports of chemicals into Germany
- Cooperation with customs authorities
- Working methods and procedures
Sibylle Wursthorn
Senior Expert (Referent) and Inspector in the Unit Chemical and Product Safety, Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy, Germany -
Towards harmonisation of the enforcement of REACH at the EU borders
- Setting the scene & principles
- State of play of initiatives and statements
- Customs issues
- Examples REACH and customs codes
- Customs & wastes
- Survey in the metal/alloys industry
- Other enforcement issues
- Conclusions
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Q&A
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Refreshments
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The results of combined REACH-OSH inspections with painters and the follow up in the Netherlands
- Inspection of SDS quality at Down Stream User (DSU)
- Introduction of digital SDS checking tool
- DSU contact with supplier for correct information
- Supplier adapts SDS with information that is ‘correct’ according to REACH regulation
- RMMs not practical, sector organization guidance for painters on correct use of correct equipment to prevent exposure
- Link to information for performing good risk analysis/RMMs for DSU when working with dangerous/CMR substances
Diana Martens
Project Leader, Coordinating Inspector Dangerous Substances, Inspectorate Social Affairs and Employment, Labour Inspectorate -
Panel discussion:
- What are the impacts of divergent enforcement activities across the EU;
- How can harmonisation be improved; and
- What can companies do to manage divergent enforcement practices across the EU and even within countries?
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Lunch
- Session 5A: Enforcement in practice in Europe
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Non-compliance – what could happen? Swedish experiences with reporting to prosecutors (penalties) and environmental sanctions fees
- How do environmental fees work
- Obligation to report to prosecutors
- What are the “results” of reporting
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Enforcement of chemicals regulation in Cyprus
- Challenges for a small member state with limited industrial production but considerable import
- Contributions at national level and campaigns at EU level
- Special focus on the efforts to further promote the campaigns for controlling non compliant products placed on the market
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Portugal enforcement activities with a focus on experiences with REF-5 inspections
- Enforcement structure in Portugal
- REF-5:
- Focus/scope of the Project
- Portuguese experience - planning, operationalization, in situ inspections…
- Portuguese experience - main results and conclusions
Sofia Carvalho Barata
Inspector and Multidisciplinary Team Leader/Environmental Inspectorate, General Inspectorate for the Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning (IGAMAOT) -
Q&A
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Refreshments
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RoHS enforcement in the UK
- Overview of the Office for Product Safety and Standards
- Approach to regulation
- Enforcing RoHS in the UK
- Regulatory challenges
- Priority objectives
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What happens to your REACH registration as the UK becomes a third country outside the EU/EEA?
- Key negotiation points
- (Limited) options for the UK
- Post-Brexit status of UK companies
- Supply chain implications
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essenscia’s practical tips for and experiences with inspection in Belgium
- Organisation of REACH and CLP enforcement in Belgium
- Cooperation between different enforcement authorities
- Preparing companies through VLARIP: sharing experiences & tips
- Priorities for enforcement
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Q&A
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Close of session/day two
