Introduction
There is a need to find better and more efficient ways to promote and support substitution for targeted hazardous chemicals, in particular for complex cases. A revised substitution framework should promote a faster transition towards improved health and environmental protections, facilitate cooperation and innovation between actors across complex value chains, and allow for enhanced investment and planning to secure the competitiveness of EU industry.
The European Commission is hosting a second workshop in co-operation with a group of contractors led by the Logika Group in the context of the study Strengthening the role of substitution planning in the context of REACH and other EU chemicals legislation.
The purpose of the workshop will be to give an update on progress made on the project to date, including the problem definition. For the purpose of preparing stakeholders for the workshop, three hypothetical policy options are also described at a conceptual level, in a background paper available here. Please also refer to visual diagrams to be read in conjunction with the paper here. These will be explained further during the workshop presentations. The options are a structured set of possible measures or approaches, intended to allow discussion and a subsequent analysis of impacts of those options. They are not endorsed by or formal proposals of the contractor or the Commission.
Workshop minutes will be prepared afterwards documenting the discussions.
Date and Format:
The workshop will be held on the 1st of October 2024 at European Commission premises in central Brussels and also hosted online.
The workshop will start and conclude with two plenary sessions. These sessions will be web streamed and links to the web streams are here. In between the plenaries are group discussions both in person and online. Those are only accessible to those who have registered expression of interest and been accepted.
If you have not received an email notification that your expression of interest has been accepted– or if you have not yet confirmed you will attend - please do so as soon as possible by emailing LogikaSubstitution@logikagroup.com.
A draft agenda is as follows:
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Opening plenary session, including:
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Project context and introduction by European Commission
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Overview of the problem analysis
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Overview of concepts and options for a subsitution planning framework
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Group discussions on the concepts and options
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Closing plenary session summarising feedback and next steps.
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