Seminar on applications for authorisation with NGOs and trade unions

Thursday, 07 July 2011, WWF European Policy Office, Brussels, Belgium

ECHA met with representatives of NGOs and trade unions to provide an update on its preparatory activities for the implementation of the authorisation process and to gather stakeholders' input in an efficient and transparent manner.

Agenda

Seminar on applications for authorisation with NGOs and trade unions

Summary of discussions

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Presentations

Introduction - Matti Vainio (ECHA)

Description of uses in the context of an application for authorisation - Rémi Lefèvre (ECHA)

Objectives of the authorisation procedure - Matti Vainio (ECHA)

Information needed for alternatives identification - Tatiana Santos (ISTAS), Tony Musu (ETUC)

Information to be disseminated - Vito Buonsante (ClientEarth)

Impacts of the authorisation procedure on the information provided by the applicant: focus on article 60.4(a) - Findings of a research project - Martin Führ (University of Darmstadt)

Report: "Effective control" of substances of very high concern (SVHC) with properties for which thresholds are not derivable within the framework of the REACH authorisation regime.