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Chemicals Regulation – Global Challenges Helsinki Chemicals Forum 2010

Chemicals Regulation – Global Challenges Helsinki Chemicals Forum 2010. Lena Perenius Executive Director. Chemical Regulation- Global Challenges. The Global Challenge:

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Chemicals Regulation – Global Challenges Helsinki Chemicals Forum 2010

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  1. Chemicals Regulation – Global Challenges Helsinki Chemicals Forum 2010 Lena Perenius Executive Director

  2. Chemical Regulation- Global Challenges • The Global Challenge: • To ensure that, by the year 2020, chemicals are produced and used in ways that minimize significant adverse impacts on the environment and human health. • 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development • SAICM is the strategy and process to achieve that goal

  3. Opportunities and Challenges • To improve global regulatory systems • Many regulatory developments around the world • To increase Regulatory Convergence • facilitating trade and a level playing field • To introduce Smart Regulations • Delivering desired results in the least burdensome way • Allowing industry to innovate and to compete fairly and effectively

  4. Trends in Regulatory Developments • Implement Global Harmonised System for classification and labelling, • Modernise and improve existing chemicals legislation • Introduce a regulatory system for chemicals • EU: REACH is Europe's contribution to SAICM • under implementation – gaining experience • review in 2010

  5. What’s new in REACH? • Burden of proof/responsibility • No difference new/existing substances • Obligation to work together and share data • New obligations on downstream users

  6. Is REACH impacting the global regulatory developments? Inventory Prioritisation • for assessment • for risk management   From hazard to risk Burden of proof/responsibility on industry Convergence of rules for new/existing substances Obligation to work together and share data in supply chain Authorisation/substitution

  7. Possible barriers for REACH elements • Burden of proof/responsibility • Societal values and capacity • Convergence new/existing substances • Existing approach (if any) • Data sharing • Confidentiality, workability • Authorisation • Bureaucracy, cost • REACH is comprehensive and ambitious – • Is it the “smartest”? • Complex and costly with workability issues still to be solved

  8. Cooperation contributing to regulatory convergence • Making it happen • UN, OECD, Governments, Industry • Global Chemicals Industry: • Responsible Care Global Charter • Product Stewardship objective to “Enhance the management of chemical products worldwide” • Global Product Strategy • Industry’s contribution to SAICM and convergence • Risk characterization and risk management measures for chemicals in commerce until the year 2018

  9. ICCA visionGlobal Product Strategy (GPS) By 2020, through a combination of voluntary and regulatory initiatives, we will have: • Established a base-set of hazard and exposure information adequate to conduct safety assessments for chemicals in commerce • Provided global capacity to implement best assessment practices and management procedures, especially in developing countries • Shared relevant product information with co-producers, governments and the public • Worked across the value chain so suppliers and customers can effectively evaluate the risks and enhance their performance • Made information on chemicals publicly available (GPS IT-portal via http://www.icca-chem.org/.)

  10. Global Product Strategy (GPS) –Industry’s global contribution to SAICM Global Product Strategy (GPS)  • Voluntary initiatives • Responsible Care • ICCA HPV • Base Set of Information • OECD / SIDS • LRI • etc.   • Regulatory initiatives • EU REACH • US TSCA • US ChAMP • Canadian CMP • Japan CSRs • GHS • etc. • Cooperation • UNEP • UNIDO • OECD • NGOs • ICCA internal • etc.. Globally consistent approach that accommodates national, historical, cultural and regulatory differences 10 4 December 2008

  11. Back-up slides

  12. Benefits of GPS implementation Even level playing field of the global conditions of competition (through harmonization of global product safety standards) Improvement of global chemicals management Open access to relevant product safety information for co-producers, governments and the public Joint information base for chemicals supports classification and labeling under GHS Achieving a balance between regulation and voluntary industry commitments. The goal is a single global standard in Product Safety Global harmonization of chemicals management systems will eventually help to reduce trade barriers.

  13. Chemical Regulation- Global Challenges Agenda • Johannesburg declaration – SAICM • Opportunities and Challenges for Regulatory Convergence • Trends in Regulation considering the main elements of REACH • Regulatory cooperation • Governments, OECD, industry • Industry’s contribution to SAICM and convergence: GPS

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