Introduction

15:00 Welcome
Emilia Franziska Müller, MEP
Member of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy; Shadow Rapporteur for the White Paper "Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy"

15:05 Statement
Dr. Werner Langen, MEP
Rapporteur White Paper "Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy" in the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy

15:10 Statement
Karl-Heinz Florenz, MEP
Co-ordinator of the PPE in the Committee on Evironment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

Panel 1

15:15 White Paper "Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy"
Joern Keck, European Commission, DG Enterprise
Robert Donkers, European Commission, DG Environment

15:35 Joint Research Centre, Ispra
Dr. Gerald Vollmer, Head of the European Chemicals Bureau

15:45 Scientific Committee on Toxicology, Ecotoxicology and Environment of the European Commission
Prof. James W. Bridges, chairman

15:55 German Federal Office for Industrial Safety, Dortmund
Dr. Elmar Boehlen, Head of the Chemicals Notification Department

16:05 OECD, Task Force on new industrial chemicals, notification and assessment
Andrew Fasey - Health & Safety Executive, UK

16:15 The Common position of the European Council
Swedish Presidency of the Council
Per Bergman

16:25 Discussion

Panel 2

16:45 CEFIC, European Chemical Industry Council
Alain Perroy, Director General

16:50 VCI, Chemical Industry Council
Prof. Dr. Herwig Hulpke, Bayer AG, Head of the Quality, Environment and Safety Policy Corporate Staff, to be confirmed

16:55 Eurometaux
Antoon Franckaerts, Vice President Environment, Health and Safety for the Union Minière Group

17:00 Representative of the small and medium-sized enterprises
Maurizio Colombo, Regulatory Affairs Director, Lamberti spa

17:05 CEPE, European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists' Colours Industry
N.N.

17:10 European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers' Federation
Reinhard Reibsch, Secretary General

17:15 WWF, World Wildlife Foundation
Gwynne Lyons, Toxics and Policy Advisor to WWF

17:20 BEUC the European Consumers organisation
Charlotte de Roo, Environment, Safety and Health Advisor

17:25 Discussion

17:55 Résumé
Emilia Franziska Müller, MdEP

18:00 End