Regulatory Summit Europe Part 1: European Updates

Moderator

Leigh Stringer

Managing Editor, Chemical Watch News & Insight, by Enhesa

• Updates on European Commission’s planned legislative initiatives under the chemicals strategy for sustainability, such as the REACH revision and the “one substance one assessment”.

Cristina de Avila

Head of Unit, Sustainable Chemicals, DG Environment, European Commission

• polymer identity and notification unit;
• PRR decision tree; and
• grouping of PRR

Martin Klatt

Executive Specialist Regulatory Affairs, Head of Product Stewardship Dispersions and Resins, BASF SE, E-EDE/QP, Germany

• REACH and it’s implementation: potential changes under the chemicals strategy for sustainability;
• likely impacts on animals used in testing; and
• the transition away from testing on animals

Dr Emma Grange

Director of Science & Regulatory Affairs, Cruelty Free Europe

• MAF – what is the issue?;
• different ways to define the MAF;
• current regulatory proposal;
• impact on high volume substances; and
• summary

Martin Klatt

Executive Specialist Regulatory Affairs, Head of Product Stewardship Dispersions and Resins, BASF SE, E-EDE/QP, Germany

• legal and scientific basis for grouping under REACH;
• horizontal, coordinated hazard assessment; and
• what are the consequences under downstream, product-related legislation

Ruxandra Cana

Partner, Steptoe LLP

• problems and objectives;
• simplification of the authorisation system;
• extension of the Generic Risk management Approach (GRA); and
• introducing the essential use concept.

Riccardo Zorgno

Legal Officer, European Commission

Moderator

Leigh Stringer

Managing Editor, Chemical Watch News & Insight, by Enhesa

• background to the restriction proposal and current status;
• legal issues and concerns;
• ECHA public consultation & next steps;
• essential use concept; and
• how industry should address the restriction proposal

Claudio Mereu

Partner, EU Regulatory, Fieldfisher LLP, Belgium

• setting the stage with a brief overview of the CLP revision – context, content & timeline;
• addressing the actionable aspects of its implementation; and
• concluding with industry concerns/feedback following its adoption.

Kamelija Milosev

Subject Matter Expert - Chemicals, Enhesa

• the titanium dioxide court ruling;
• lessons learned for other CLH cases;
• the TIB case; and
• practical advice to challenge CLH cases

Jean-Philippe Montfort

Partner, Mayer Brown Europe-Brussels LLP

• what will be the timeline and scope for flame retardant restrictions based on the ECHA Strategy and their grouping approach?;
• safe and sustainable-by-design: learnings from flame retardant case studies; and
• the impact of REACH and CLP revision on flame retardants.

Dr Adrian Beard

Advocacy Flame Retardants for the Segment E-Mobility & Electronics, Clariant P&C GmbH, Germany, Clariant Plastics & Coatings (Deutschland) GmbH

Esther Agyeman-Budu

Sector Group Manager, Pinfa, a sector group of Cefic

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION

• "Safe and Sustainable-by-Design" (SSbD) approach and its development by the European Commission, in collaboration with various stakeholders (industry, research institutions, NGOs, etc.);
• the proposed framework, currently in a testing phase through calls for case studies;
• updates on the EU-funded project IRISS (iriss-ssbd.eu); and
• exploring the strategic value chains ecosystem and its role in accelerating the implementation of SSbD

Anne Chloé Devic

CEO at SSbD Consulting Europe SL (Safe and Sustainable-by-Design), Consultant at the European Chemical Industry Council – Cefic

• why the need to regulate now? The green claims proposal in context;
• the nuts and bolts of the green proposal: its aims and desires as well as it pitfalls and the obstacles; and
• the next steps: procedure and what industry should do.

Peter Sellar

Partner, EU Regulatory, Fieldfisher Brussels

• current status and potential scenarios;
• ecodesign, SOC and the EU green deal; and
• ecodesign and circularity

Linda-Jean Cockcroft

Partner, ERM