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Programme de la journée d’audience consacrée à REACH, le 19 janvier à Bruxelles

Posté le 16 décembre 2004 par

Organisée conjointement par la Commission Environnement, santé publique et sécurité alimentaire, la Commission Industrie, recherche et énergie et la Commission Marché intérieur et protection des consommateurs. Consultez l’agenda (uniquement en anglais).

JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
"The new REACH legislation"

Wednesday, 19 January 2005, from 9.00 am to 6.30 pm
BRUSSELS
European Parliament
Paul-Henri Spaak Building, Hemicycle

PROGRAMME

9.00 / OPENING

Mr Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Chairman of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

9.15-10.40 / SETTING THE CONTEXT

Chair : Mr Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Chairman of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Co-chairs : Mr Giles CHICHESTER, Mr Phillip WHITEHEAD

State of play of REACH in the Council and perspectives under Luxembourg Presidency
Mr Lucien LUX, Minister for Environment of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (invited)
Mr Jeannot KRECKÉ, Minister for Economy and External Trade of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (invited)

Costs and benefits of REACH in the Commission extended impact assessment and in the business case-studies
Mr Stavros DIMAS, Commissioner responsible for the Environment (invited)
Mr Günter VERHEUGEN, Commissioner responsible for Enterprise and Industry (invited)

Review of impact assessments on REACH : conclusions of the workshop held on 25-27 October 2004
Mr Pieter VAN GEEL, State Secretary for Environment of the Netherlands (invited)
Ms ir C.E.G. VAN GENNIP, State Secretary for Economic Affairs of the Netherlands (invited)

10.00 / Questions by MEPs (starting with Mr Guido SACCONI, Ms Lena EK and Mr Hartmut NASSAUER)

10.35 / Concluding remarks by Mr Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

10.45-12.30 / PANEL 1 - "Implications of REACH for the industry"

Chair : Mr Giles CHICHESTER, Chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Co-chairs : Mr Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mr Phillip WHITEHEAD

* A manufacturer point of view
Ms Judith HACKITT, Director General, Business and Responsible Care, Chemical Industries Association, UK

* A Downstream user point of view - Substances in articles
Mr Urban WASS, Volvo Car Corporation, Sweden

* A retailer point of view - Substances in articles
Mr Mike BARRY, Marks & Spencer, UK

* An SME point of view
Mr Bruno STEPHAN, The European Association of Chemical Distributors, Germany

* Impacts on Research and Innovation
Dr Gyula KÖRTVÉLYESSY, Hungarian Chemical Association, Hungary

* An independent expert point of view
Mr Dirk BUNKE, Öko-Institut Freiburg, Germany

11.55 / Questions by MEPs (starting with Ms Lena EK, Mr Guido SACCONI and Mr Hartmut NASSAUER)

12.25 / Concluding remarks by Mr Giles CHICHESTER

15.00 - 18.10 / PANEL 2 - "Registration, authorisation, substitution and the European Chemicals Agency"

Chair : Mr Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Chairman of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and Mr Phillip WHITEHEAD, Chairman of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Co-chair : Mr Giles CHICHESTER

* Presentation by Commission

* A Member State proposal - One Substance One Registration
Mr MOGYORÓSY , Hungary

* A scientific expert perspective - Health implications
Prof. Dominique BELPOMME, France, Chair of ARTAC, Association française pour la Recherche Thérapeutique Anti-Cancéreuse

* A scientific expert perspective - Registration
Dr Enric Julia DANES, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain

* Industry point of view - Registration
VCI, Verband der Chemischen Industrie Deutschlands, Germany

* Industry point of view - Authorisation and Substitution
Mr Alain Perroy, CEFIC

* Downstream users’ point of view - data protection for downstream users
Mr Tibor MÜLLER, DIHK, Germany

* Downstream users’ point of view - information requirements
Mr Charles LAROCHE, AISE/Unilever

16.00-16.30 / Questions by MEPs (starting with Mr Guido SACCONI, Mr Hartmut NASSAUER and Ms Lena EK)

* A consumer point of view
Mr Jim Murray/Mrs Charlotte de Roo, BEUC

* An internal market expert perspective
Mr Jacques Pelkmans, Director of the Economics Department at the College of Europe, Bruges

* A WTO perspective - Imported products
Prof. Marco BRONCKERS, University of Leiden, Netherlands

* Trade Unions point of view
Mr Joël Decaillon/Marc Sapir, Confederal Secretary of ETUC, European Trade Union Confederation

* NGO point of view
Mr Stephan SCHEUER, EEB

* NGO point of view - Alternative testing methods
Ms Marlou HEINEN, Animal Welfare Group

* A Member State perspective - the role of the Agency
France (Environment Ministry or national authorisation agency)

17.30 / Questions by MEPs (starting with Mr Hartmut NASSAUER, Mr Guido SACCONI and Ms Lena EK)

18.00 / Concluding remarks by Mr Karl-Heinz FLORENZ and Mr Phillip WHITEHEAD

CONCLUSION

18.10 / Concluding remarks
Ms Lena EK, draftsman for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Mr Hartmut NASSAUER, draftsman for the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Mr Guido SACCONI, rapporteur for the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

18.25 / Closure of the hearing
Mr Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Important notice for persons who wish to attend the Hearing :

This hearing is open to the public. However, for Security reasons, access can only be given after prior request for an access badge. In case you should not already possess an entrance badge to the European Parliament, please contact the secretariat of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, at the latest on 17 January 2005, providing them with your name, date of birth and nationality.

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