Nanomaterials on the Market
What Regulators Need to Know
Brussels - 9 October 2009
Stakeholder Conference
Outline:
Session 1: Introduction to the issues
Session 2: Which information do we have?
Session 3: Is REACH sufficient?
Session 4: Need for strengthening information reporting?
Session 5: Closure and next steps
Background papers:
Experiences with Reporting Mechanisms
Options for an EU-wide Reporting Mechanism
Copies of the following presentations may be viewed/downloaded:
Opportunities of nanomaterials and current state of knowledge about potential health & environmental risks from nanomaterials - what regulators need to know, Rob Visser, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Introduction to the project and its findings, i.e., what we know and do not know about what is on the market today, Pete Floyd, Risk & Policy Analysts Ltd. (RPA)
Does REACH provide the necessary answers? What is and is not covered by REACH, Martin Führ, University of Applied Sciences, Darmstadt
Industry Response from Steffi Friedrichs, Nanotechnologies Industries Association (NIA)
Panel on experiences to date with voluntary & mandatory reporting:
The US experience, Kristan Markey, US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)
The UK experience, Steve Morgan, UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
The French Approach, Catherine Mir, Ministère de l’Ecologie
Do we need an additional reporting scheme and what might it look like? Catherine Ganzleben, Milieu Ltd.
Should any possible future additional EU information reporting be voluntary or mandatory? If voluntary, how could participation be encouraged?
Introduction by Gretta Goldenman, Milieu Ltd.
Comments by Gerhard Schmid, Munich Re
The conference was held at
Residence Palace
rue de la Loi 155
1000 Brussels
http://www.residencepalace.be
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Conference Coordinator:
Catherine Fielden,
Milieu Ltd.
15 Rue Blanche
1050 Brussels
Telephone:
+32 (0) 2 514 3601
+32 (0) 2 506 1000
Email:
catherine.fielden@milieu.be