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EU CONFERENCE ON
ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS
CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFICATION AND RELATED IMPACTS
Brussels, 1st June 2015
Interpretation in and to FR/DE/EN
PROGRAMME
Centre Albert Borschette - Room AB-0A
36, rue Froissart (1049 Brussels)
Conference organised by the European Commission under the Chairmanship of
Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis
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Webstream available at
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All the presentations will be uploaded on the webpage of the conference
http://ec.europa.eu/health/endocrine_disruptors/events/ev_20150416_en.htm
1st June 2015 – Brussels
Programme
Morning Programme
9.30 Registration and coffee
9.55 Welcome by Ladislav Miko, Acting Director General for Health and Food Safety
10.00 Opening speech by Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis
SESSION 1
Scientific debate on criteria to identify endocrine disruptors
Moderator:
Arnd Hoeveler, Head of Unit Novel medical developments, DG RTD
10.15 The views of science : how to establish criteria to identify endocrine disruptors and to adequately
assess them in a regulatory context
Professor R. Thomas Zoeller, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Professor Daniel Dietrich, University of Konstanz
Professor Anthony Hardy, Chair of EFSA' Scientific Committee
10.45 Discussion
11.05 Closing remarks
SESSION 2
Endocrine disruptors in the EU legislation
Moderator:
Silvija Nora Kalniņš, Senior Expert, Department of Environmental Protection,
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia
11.10 The EU policy on endocrine disruptors -
Kestutis Sadauskas, Director for Green Economy,
DG ENV
11.20 Consideration of endocrine disruptors in the EU legislation -
Ladislav Miko, Acting Director
General for Health and Food Safety, DG SANTE
11.30 Impact assessments as a key tool for better regulation -
Matthew Hudson, Director for
General affairs, DG SANTE
11.40 The impact assessment for defining criteria on endocrine disruptors in the context of the plant
protection products and biocidal products regulations -
Michael Flüh, Acting Director for the
Safety of the food chain, DG SANTE
11.50 The first phase of the impact assessment on endocrine disruptors: how to screen which
chemicals would fall under different options for the criteria to identify endocrine disruptors -
Sharon Munn, Scientific-Technical Project Manager, JRC
12.05 Discussion
12.40 Closing remarks
12.45/14.15 Lunch buffet
Afternoon Programme
SESSION 3
Potential impacts on industry and consumers
Moderator:
MEP Rivasi, member of the ENVI Committee
14.15 Potential impacts on food industry -
Beate Kettlitz, Director Food Policy, Science and R&D,
FoodDrinkEurope
14.25 Potential impacts on pesticides industry -
Jean-Charles Bocquet, Director General, ECPA
14.35 Potential impacts on consumers -
Claus Jørgensen, Senior Project Manager, Danish
Consumer Council THINK Chemicals
14.45 Discussion
15.05 Closing remarks
SESSION 4
Potential impacts on trade and agriculture
Moderator:
Consuelo Pérez Fernández, Counsellor for Agriculture, Permanent
Representation of Spain to the EU
15.10 Potential impacts on agriculture -
Luc Peeters, Chairman of the Copa-Cogeca Working
Party on Phytosanitary Questions
15.20 Potential impacts on trade
Gaston Maria Funes, Minister Counselor, Agricultural Affairs, Embassy
of Argentina to the EU
Michelle Cooper, Counsellor and Head of Section, Agriculture and
Environment, Mission of Canada to the EU
15.40 Discussion
16:00 Closing remarks
SESSION 5
Potential impacts on health and environment
Moderator:
MEP Girling, Member of the ENVI Committee
16:05 Potential impacts on health and environment
Angeliki Lyssimachou, Environmental Toxicologist, PAN-Europe
Génon K. Jensen, Executive Director, HEAL
Professor Andreas Hensel, President, German Federal Institute for Risk
Assessment
16.35 Discussion
16.55 Closing remarks
17.00
Closing of the conference:
Martin Seychell, Deputy Director General for Health,
DG SANTE
17.10/18.00
Cocktail