Introduction
Leigh Stringer, Chemical Watch News & Insight, by Enhesa
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Agenda
Session 1: UK REACH, CLP and the UK Chemicals Strategy
Update on UK REACH
Julie Mayhew, DEFRA, UK
Update on UK CLP
Caroline Raine
Views from industry
- Practical aspects of complying with legislation
- Lessons learnt so far
- The longer term outlook - future challenges and opportunities
Nishma Patel, Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
UK REACH: What's on the horizon? Deadlines and Strategies
Pietro Di Tondo, REACHLaw UK Ltd
NGO perspective
- Challenges facing UK REACH
- Next steps and the UK Chemicals Strategy
Chloe Alexander, CHEM Trust
Q&A
Julie Mayhew, DEFRA, UK; Hermione Mackelworth, DEFRA, UK; Caroline Raine; Nishma Patel, Chemical Industries Association (CIA); Pietro Di Tondo, REACHLaw UK Ltd; Chloe Alexander, CHEM Trust
Short break
UK REACH candidate list, authorisations list, authorisation applications and restrictions list/proposed restrictions
Darren Abrahams, Steptoe LLP; Hannah Widemann, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Downstream user (DU) importer registrations: Are downstream user sectors prepared?
Jonathan Swindell, ACEA - European Automobile Manufacturers' Association
Enforcement concerns
- The role of enforcement for a level playing field
- Data rights: ownership, licensing and enforcement in the GB market
- Challenging regulatory decisions and ensuring a fair process
Simon Tilling, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, UK
Q&A
Lunch and virtual networking
Chemical Watch platform demonstration
Session 2: Trade
Current challenges for chemicals distributors
- International trade challenges
- Multiple supply chain disruptions
Dorothee Arns, European Association of Chemical Distributors ??? Fecc
Current situation for UK chemical supply chains
- Driver shortages exasperating already critical supply chain issues
- What does the future hold?
Tim Doggett, Chemical Business Association (CBA), UK
Q&A
Rules of origin for goods moving between the UK and EU
- Overview of UK-EU Rules of Origin requirements for chemical products
- How to comply with Rules of Origin to access zero tariffs in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA)
- End of Rules of Origin and customs easements for UK-EU trade (from 1 January 2022)
Amy Brooks, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS); Ahmed Jama, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Q&A
Session 3: Sector specific regulations
The UK regulatory framework for cosmetics
- The UK cosmetics industry adapting to the new framework
- Changes in regulation bring challenges and opportunities to the whole supply chain
- Looking at the new legislation, the UK Cosmetic Regulations, and
- The process for evaluating the safety of cosmetic ingredients and considerations under the UK REACH
Nicholas Shaw N????ez, The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association (CTPA)
Update on UK biocides regulations
- New legislative Framework for Biocides in the UK
- The Northern Ireland Protocol and Regulation of Biocides in Northern Ireland
- Practicalities and procedural changes
- GB Active substance review and GB Article 95
David Dillon