Panel 1: How to choose the best possible risk management option to regulate substances of very high concern

1. RISK MANAGEMENT-
CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIESFrida Hök
Helsinki Chemicals Forum, 2019

3. • Opportunities
• Defining SVHCs (substances of very
high concern)
• Driving innovation
• Challenges
• Innovators
BEST REGULATORY
RISK MANAGEMENT

4. • New precedent for how REACH
authorisation should be handled in the
future
• Need for change
• Burden of proof is on the applicant
• Conditions can’t be used to make up for
lack of information or uncertainties
EUROPEAN COURT OF
JUSTICE RULING

5. • Can deal with complex issues
• Frontrunners setting ambitious targets
• Adopting to a circular economy
• Investors interested
• ChemSec Marketplace tool
INDUSTRY IS
COMPETENT

6. • Clarity
• Collaboration
• Cooperation
• See the possibilities
• Support the frontrunners
HOW TO ACHIEVE
SUBSTITUTION WHERE
FEASIBLE?

7. THANK YOU!
Frida Hök
frida.hok@chemsec.org