Helsinki Chemicals Forum 2019 keynote by Bjorn Hansen, Executive Director, ECHA

1. EU chemicals beyond 2020
23 May 2019
Bjorn Hansen, Executive Director
Helsinki Chemicals Forum

2. 1. EU Legislative Framework for
Chemicals

3. •3
Environment
and health
protection
Innovation
Free circulation
of substances on
the internal
market
Enhanced
competitiveness

4. •4
’Targeted’
legislation
Products
EnvironmentPopulation
• Cosmetics
• Toys
• Plant Protection Products
• Biocides
• …
• Worker protection legislation
• …
• Water Framework Directive
• …

5. •5
1. Minimum information
requirements
2. Obligations to apply
GHS
3. Obligations to risk
assess
4. Obligations to
manage risk
5. Obligations to
document
REACH:
Data
generator, gap
filler
CLP:
Hazard
fundament
Establish a framework for:

6. 2. How the chemicals management
system contributes
to the circular economy

7. Promoting circularity
•7
Material =
mixture of
chemicals
Circularity needs merging of chemicals
and waste policies.

8. 3. What has gone well
What has gone less well
What needs to go better

9. •9
REACH/
CLP
Occupational
Safety and
Health
…
…
Restriction of
Hazardous
Substances
directive
(RoHS)
Waste
Framework
Directive
Food Contact
Materials

10. •10
Substance Mixture Article
Waste PhaseREACH Phase
Registration and Authorisation
Re-use
Recycling
Recovery
Discarded
Note: An article is when the shape is more important than the chemical composition and
once an article always an article!

11. Thank you!
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