Business Luncheon on REACH (new European Chemicals Regulation), BJA Report

The EU Committee of the Belgium-Japan Association & Chamber of Commerce was pleased to invite the BJA company members to a business luncheon focused on the next steps in the REACH process, in the beautiful venue of Hunton & Williams.

Firstly Mr. Didier Stevens, the Chairman of the BJA EU Committee, opened the seminar with his welcome words and introduced the first speaker, Mr. Mike Penaman of Mike Penman Consulting who gave the update on REACH: overview, pre-registration status, regulation, etc. Following, Professor Lucas Bergkamp, Partner of Hunton & Williams, delivered his presentation focused on the Next Steps after Pre-Registration-Data-Sharing in SIEFs. Then Mr. Eric Pass, Director Corporate Planning of Nitto Europe, presented the case study on REACH implementation at Nitta Denko.

The seminar concluded with a panel discussion over a light lunch. Several questions and answers were actively exchanged among the panel and over 30 enthusiastic participants, to whom this occasion provided a detailed insight into pre-registration status, the next steps and beyond.