Welcome and opening Statement

REACH, what are the stakes?

• Lucien Lux, Luxemburg Minister of State [FR]
• John Hontelez, EEB general secretary
• Hugues Thibaut, Test-Achats/BEUC

REACH: Challenges and Opportunities

• Regulatory impact assessments, what for?, Sophie Dupressoir, ETUC
• Impact on Economy and Employment - Complementary Work on the Impact Assessment of REACH, Patrick Hennessy, Director DG ENTR
• Impact on Environment and Human Health - Commission IA, Jos Delbeke, Director DG ENV
• Impact on Occupational Health: ETUC IA study, Simon Pickvance, University of Sheffield

Improving the REACH proposal: ETUC proposals

• Duty of Care, Waldemar Bahr, EMCEF
• Registration, Werner Schneider, DGB
• Evaluation, François Laurent, CSC
• Authorisation, Francisco Blanco, CC.OO
• Links between REACH and workers protection legislation, Henning Wriedt, BIAG
• Downstream Users and SMEs, Bernd Eisenbach, EFBWW

REACH and the Industrial Dynamics

• REACH and the industrial dynamics - Presentation of the ETUC study, Bernard Bordes, Syndex
• Positive effects of environmental legislations on competitiveness, Michael Warhurst, Lowell Centre for Sustainable Production

REACH an opportunity for a Sustainable Chemical Industry

• REACH anticipation through social dialogue and voluntary agreements, Giuseppe D'Ercole, CISL, Italy
• REACH and the European Training and Qualification Policy, Ake Ljunggren, EMCEF

The Conference report has been published in a special issue of our Newsletter.

• Read the report