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03/04/2009 - Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
How should industries respond to REACH and globally influential EU standards? (Seminar)
Date/Time: Friday 03 April 2009, 17:00 – 18:30
Venue: EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Inquiry / registration:
To register, please email your name, company name, telephone and email address to
Ms. Higuchi or Ms. Miyamoto
EU-Japan Centre, Tokyo Head Office
Tel: +81-3-3221-6161
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Organised by: EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
Language: English/Japanese (simultaneous interpretation)
Registration fee: Free
Overview:
REACH, the new European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use, entered into force on 1 June 2007, with the aim to improve the protection of human health and environment while enhancing innovative capability and competitiveness of the EU chemicals industry.
The REACH Regulation gives greater responsibility to industry to manage the risks from chemicals and to provide safety information on the substances. Under the Regulation, manufacturers and importers of a substance or preparation in quantities of 1 tonne or more per year are required to gather and register information on the properties of their chemical substances in order to produce or import into the EU market. Equally, downstream users of a substance or preparation are required to apply risk management measures for substances marked as dangerous in the safety data sheet which suppliers of the substance provide.
In this seminar, Ms Astrid Schomaker, the Head of Chemical Unit at the Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission, presented the recent developments in the EU and outlook concerning REACH. The seminar was joined by Mr Fumiaki Shono, the Vice Secretary General for the REACH Taskforce at Japan Chemical Industry Association, to present the impact of REACH and the global trends in chemical substances management and discuss how Japanese industries should respond.
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17:00
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Opening remark, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial cooperation |
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17:05 – 17:35
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“REACH - Recent developments in the EU and outlook"
Ms Astrid Schomaker, Head of Chemical Unit, DG Environmemt, European Commission
 Presentation
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17:35 – 18:05
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"Japanese chemical industry's response to REACH"
Dr. Fumiaki Shono, Vice Secretary General, REACH Taskforce / General Manager, Chemical Management Department, Japan Chemical Industry Association
Presentation
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18:05 – 18:30
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Q&A
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18:30
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Closing remarks, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial cooperation |
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