Workshop REACh:EEE (Evaluating the Environmental Effectiveness of REACh)
- Workshop with experts from environmental authorities
Consequences of REACh for other legal and administrative environmental instruments
Evaluating the Environmental Effectiveness of REACh
(REACh:EEE)
- Date: October 11 & 12, 2007.
Place: 10623 Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni; Ernst-Reuter-Haus, Room A - Conference language: english
Background of the workshop
At June 1, 2007 REACh entered into force. National authorities are obliged to enforce REACh by a system of official controls and “other activities as appropriate to the circumstances” (Title XIV, Art. 125).
REACh initiates a paradigm shift in chemicals control with the clear requirement of more self-responsibility on the part of industry and a more targeted risk evaluation and risk control at the part of authorities. The authorities’ inspection and monitoring strategies will need to adjust to this new approach and will have to develop new institutional arrangements of control.
For a detailed analysis:
Mind the Gap - Interface Problems between EC Chemicals Law and sectoral environmental legislation
Führ, M./Merenyi, S.; In: Review of European Community and International Environmental Law (RECIEL), 15 2006 (3), 281-292 (Blackwell Publishing).
Implementation of risk reduction measures under REACh
"Inter-face problems between REACh and sector specific environmental legislation (IPPC/WFD)" is the titel of a study carried out on behalf of the German Federal Environmental Agency.
Download of the english version: UBA - Text 04/2005 (pdf, 1,5 MB)
German Version: UBA - Text 03/2005 (pdf, 1,5 MB)
Toxic ignorance has become a major issue in the current debate on chemical policy both in the EU and the US. The term refers to a lack of knowledge of the health and environmental properties, as well as the mechanisms of action, of Existing Chemicals. There can be little doubt that this term also goes to the heart of the problem facing us today. However, the availability of such data – at any rate for individual substances – gives rise to a new problem, which is that such data must now be evaluated in light of the actions that need to be taken. Here the legal interface with other sector of environmental legislation are crucial.
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