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Opening address
Accredited Stakeholder Workshop
Geert Dancet
Executive Director
European Chemicals Agency
9 October 2015
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Welcome to our fifth workshop
• Platform for strategic discussions
• Working together for common goals
• Discussion topics picked both from your suggestions and ECHA’s strategic priorities
• REACH 2018 and SMEs
• SVHCs and authorisation process
• Dossier quality
• Biocides implementation
• Higher efficiency and effectiveness
• Progress on scientific challenges
ECHA - challenges ahead
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• 2020 goal – toxic free environment
• Progress in substitution and innovation
• Benefits of REACH
• Promote alternatives to animal testing
“Big picture” – common goals
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• Work towards common goals
• Your feedback helps us improve and gain efficiency
• Provide input to our planning
Why are we here today?
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Recommendations from 2014 workshop
Status update
Topics last year
• Communicating REACH 2018
• Involving stakeholders in
biocides work
• Nanomaterials
• Transparency
=> Many activities reflected in ECHA’s work programme 2015
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Communicating REACH 2018
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• REACH 2018 communicators’ network established – with Member States, Enterprise Europe network, stakeholders
• REACH 2018 website launched in 23 languages
• Joint products: leaflet, press release, infographic, video
• Simplified support for SMEs: review of related questions and answers, helpdesk replies and related web pages
• Funding for SMEs: new SME guide and getting started pages listing funding possibilities for SMEs
Involving stakeholders in biocides work
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• Use of online tools: web-streaming of Biocides Stakeholders' Day, remote questions via web form, webinars, working group meetings via Webex (25% in 2015)
• Cooperation with competent authority meetings discussed in March at workshop on active substance approval
• ASOs regularly invited to the BPC and working groups.
• Up-to-date information through ECHA’s news channels and stakeholder update
Nanomaterials
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• ECHA involved in international discussions relating to risk assessment of nanomaterials – e.g. existing test methods and OECD guidance. ECHA chairs an OECD working group for this work.
New information on nanomaterials published
• Needs for guidance updates regarding nanomaterials assessed. Guidance on safety data sheets is part of this evaluation.
• A joint working paper on read-across between different nanoforms is underway. It will later feed into guidance development.
• Nanomaterials web page has been simplified, new sources of information
• GAARN (Group Assessing Already Registered Nanomaterials) with Member States and industry has published best practice documents on assessing nanomaterials under REACH.
Transparency
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• ECHA’s approach to transparency published, with input from previous workshops
• Web page on transparency echa.europa.eu>about us>the way we work: our approach to transparency, procedures, decisions
• Simplifying templates of decisions
• Improving website: REACH 2018 and getting started pages for step-by-step support information
• Dissemination project: launch of new approach coming soon
We look forward to hearing your views
Themes of the day
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World café format: you can contribute to each topic
• Efficiency – what does ECHA need to do to improve on the value rated lowest by stakeholders?
• Alternatives to animal testing – what more needs to be done to avoid unnecessary animal testing?
• Reaching the REACH goals. Food for thought for ECHA’s 5-year report on REACH and CLP implementation
Desired outcome
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• Identify common ground among accredited stakeholders
• Concrete recommendations to ECHA
Closing remarks
Accredited Stakeholder Workshop
9 October 2015
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Participation so far
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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Industry Civil society
• Currently 90 accredited stakeholder organisations
ECHA values stakeholder involvement
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Stakeholders involved in ECHA’s work
• Committee meetings
• Forum session
• HelpNet
• Guidance updates
• IT testing
• Public consultations
• Workshops
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Joint initiative on substitution
• Joint project with accredited stakeholders: EEB, CEPI, ETUC, CEFIC, CHEMSEC
• Output: new web pages on substitution, webinars, video for consumers
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Forums for information sharing
• NGO discussion platform
• Communicators’ network
• Stakeholder presentations
to ECHA staff
What happens next?
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• 2016 work program to be implemented
• First single programming document to plan our work for 2017-2019
• Second five-year report on REACH implementation to be finalised
• First steps towards the second 5-year strategic plan
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Personal reflections from today
• I value your input – ECHA has the advantage of having active stakeholders involved in our work
• Your contribution helps us to improve
• Please give us feedback about the workshop – form will be sent to your e-mail soon
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