IPA 2009-2011 EU Workshops

The workshop on the cooperation of ECHA with the Member States I was attended by 22 officials representing Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey. It provided introductory training on the REACH and CLP implementation that focused on Member States’ tasks under these two pieces of regulation. The workshop outlined the work, procedures and activities of ECHA that include Member State involvement. It focused on the objectives of the members in the ECHA committees and their advisers with the Member State committee involvement.

Fourteen officials representing the Croatian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Institute for Toxicology, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health and Institute for Plant Protection Products attended the workshop on Risk Assessment Committee I. It provided introductory training on the role and main tasks of Member States working with the European Chemicals Agency in its Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC). The training focused on the objectives and expectations for the work of the Committee’s rapporteurs, members, their advisers and dossier submitters under the main REACH and CLP processes with RAC involvement.

Twelve officials representing the fYROM Ministry of Health (Sector for Chemicals), Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning (Industrial pollution and risk management), Pharmaceutical Faculty, Authorised Laboratory and Alkaloid (industry) attended the Risk Assessment Committee workshop II. It provided introductory training on the REACH and CLP implementation that focused on Member States’ tasks under these two pieces of regulation. The workshop outlined the work, procedures and activities of ECHA that include Member State involvement. It focused on the objectives of the members in the ECHA committees and their advisers with the Member State committee involvement.

Fifteen officials representing the Serbian Ministry of Environment, Mining and Spatial Planning and the Serbian Chemicals Agency attended the workshop on the cooperation of ECHA with Member States II. It provided introductory training on the role and main tasks of Member States working with the European Chemicals Agency in its Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC). The training focused on the objectives and expectations for the work of the Committee’s rapporteurs, members, their advisers and dossier submitters under the main REACH and CLP processes with RAC involvement.

Seventeen officials representing the Ministry of Environment and Forestry renamed Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation) which is the Turkish Competent Authority for chemicals, Under-Secretariat for Foreign Trade, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affaires and Ministry of Health attended the workshop on the tasks of the Risk Assessment Committee III. It provided introductory training on the REACH and CLP implementation that focused on Member States’ tasks under these two pieces of regulation. The workshop outlined the work, procedures and activities of ECHA that include Member State involvement. It focused on the objectives of the members in the ECHA committees and their advisers with the Member State committee involvement.

Sixteen officials representing Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey attended the workshop on the Member State Committee tasks on authorisation and evaluation. It provided introductory training on the role and main tasks of ECHA’s Member State Committee (MSC). The training focused on the objectives and expectations for the members of Committee, their advisers and dossier submitters under the main REACH and CLP processes with MSC involvement.

Ten officials representing Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Montenegro attended the workshop on cooperation of ECHA with Member States III. It provided introductory training on the role and main tasks of Member States working with the European Chemicals Agency in its Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC). The training focused on the objectives and expectations for the work of the Committee’s rapporteurs, members, their advisers and dossier submitters under the main REACH and CLP processes with RAC involvement.