Regulatory Updates Europe 2023

by the moderator

David Dillon

Independent Biocides Expert

• Overview of the new hazard classes
• Impacts for business and on protection on human health and the environment
• Ongoing discussion at UN GHS

Sylvain Bintein

REACH and CLP Team Leader, European Commission

• Impacts of new hazard classes for the household cleaning products sector??
• A globally harmonised system? Work at UN GHS level??
• Other key elements of CLP revision ??

Jan Robinson

Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Director, International Association for Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance Products, A.I.S.E.

• CLP hazard classes and what we need from REACH to deliver on EU chemicals strategy aims??
• `Waiting for REACH??: CHEM Trust and EEB report on the impacts of the REACH revision delay??
• Need for better protection: results from EU-wide human biomonitoring studies (HBM4EU), including PFAS??
• Addressing combination effects from chemical mixtures in REACH with a MAF??

Ninja Reineke

Head of Science, CHEM Trust

• Overview of the proposal from Aise???s perspective
• Predicted impacts on the industry

Cindy Chhuon

Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Manager, International Association for Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance Products, A.I.S.E.

• Main concerns with unsafe toys ??
• TIE???s views on the revision of the toy safety Directive??
• ??Market surveillance, chemicals, online sales??

Lars Vogt

Director EU Policy, TIE ??? Toy Industries of Europe

• Scene-setter: the CSS ??? consumers and chemicals??

• Generic Approach to Risk Assessment (GRA) ??? how to implement it in sector legislation and beyond, also interlink with REACH??
• Empowering consumers ??? how to improve communication of product information, including digital labelling??
• Zero tolerance for non-compliance ??? including for imports and online sales??

Pelle Moos

Senior Safety and Health Policy Officer, Team Leader, BEUC (The European Consumer Organisation), Belgium

• Background to the UK chemicals strategy??
• Key issues and themes??
• Looking forward??

Mary Tomlinson

Head of Chemicals Strategy, Defra

• Divergence areas in relation to chemicals regulations??
• Effect on UK REACH and other regulations??
• Practical steps to regulatory compliance??

Iain A MacKinnon

Managing Director, Dr Knoell Consult Ltd.

• UK REACH: transitional measures and impacts to industry??
• UK CLP: requirements for Great Britain??
• UK, GB or NI: working with the Northern Ireland Protocol??

Neil Hollis

Regulatory Affairs Manager, BASF