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Programme

  1. Coffee and registration

  2. Welcome and introduction

  3. Session 1: Recent developments for enforcing chemicals regulation under REACH/CLP

  4. Update from ECHA’s Unit Support and Enforcement

    • What we know on different rates of non-compliance in REACH and CLP
    • Planned EU wide enforcement activities covered by the forum
    • What is expected from the REACH revision

  5. The REACH review and its likely impact on the work of the Echa Forum

    VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

    • Enforcement in the chemical strategy for sustainability (CSS) 
    • REACH review: Commission proposals for enforcement  
    • The REACH review’s potential impact on the ECHA Forum’s work 

  6. Learning from the ECHA Forum enforcement project on substances covered by REACH authorisations (REF-9)

    • Challenges observed
    • Chromium (VI) authorisations covering a broad group of users
    • Enforcer‘s findings and recommendations
    • Project follow-up

  7. Q&A

  8. Refreshment break

  9. Likely impacts of the customs reform on enforcement of chemicals legislation

    • EU approach to customs reform in the REACH revision
    • Context, challenges and state of play

  10. Likely impacts of the customs reform on enforcement of chemicals legislation from a consumer perspective

    • Why does the topic of customs matter to consumers?;
    • How did BEUC get involved in this topic?;
    • Our input to the reform of customs policy: research on non-compliant products; and 
    • Our assessment of the European Commission’s proposal, and state of play 

  11. Q&A

  12. Lunch and networking

  13. Chemical Watch platform demonstration

  14. ECHA Forum project for recovered substances

    VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

    • Overview of the project on recovered substances (objectives, methodology)
    • Results of the project
    • Conclusions and recommendations

  15. New guidance on REACH and the circular economy: enforcement for chemicals and waste legislation

    VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

    • The European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL) 
    • How chemicals legislation is applied to waste-based materials
    • How to deal with more challenging legal provisions

  16. Brenntag initiative on the circular economy (CE)/REACH interface

    • Eco innovation projects aiming to prolong the lifetime of used process aids 
    • Interphase between REACH in the product and waste legislation 
    • CO2 reduction resource saving, supply chain cooperation for the safe further use of cleaned process aids 

  17. Q&A

  18. Session 2: How a grouping approach can be used to regulate chemicals appropriately

  19. How a grouping approach can be used to regulate chemicals appropriately

    • why we need grouping?;
    • criteria for appropriate grouping; and
    • potential and limitations of grouping

  20. ECHA’s developing grouping approach

    • use of grouping to speed up action on chemicals of concern;
    • what are the different follow-up steps?; and
    • where and when can stakeholders contribute?

  21. Refreshment break

  22. Why we need a grouping approach to regulate chemicals appropriately

    • human biomonitoring shows that restriction of individual substances often does not deliver protection, but leads to a shift in pollution;
    • the EU decided to use grouping of chemicals as a tool to overcome the problems; and
    • grouping will help accelerate innovation towards safer chemistry

  23. How industry has used chemical grouping for hazard identification (REACH/CLP)

    • Grouping and read-across applied for registration purposes or classification and labelling 
    • Alternative to testing individual chemicals and increasing knowledge of hazard properties 
    • Needs to be underpinned by robust and documented rationale 
    • Practical hurdles and implications
    • Guidance and frameworks  

  24. Diisocyanates – coatings, adhesives and sealants: Enforcing the new REACH restriction for the substance group 'diisocyanates' – Austrian experience

    • The new restriction in force from August 2023 onwards
    • National guidance at the borderline REACH and workplace safety rules
    • Joint enforcement campaign by REACH inspectors and occupational safety and health inspectors

  25. Q&A and panel discussion: How can a grouping approach be used to regulate chemicals appropriately?

  26. Networking drinks reception

    Join us for relaxed networking, drinks and appetisers with our speakers and attendees. 

  27. Close of day