Chemicals Management in the New Batteries Regulation: Perspectives from Regulators and Industry

Bratislava “Chemicals Management – REACH” Conference

Monday 14 October (14:30 -16:30).

Duration and configuration: 2h,
Goal: to provide a high-level overview of the issue (tasks, challenges) and the course of action that is being taken, to activate and raise awareness among an audience that may not be familiar with the topic and recent developments in Brussels & ECHA.
Target audience: authorities in Central and Eastern countries as well as local industry representatives, actors that are interested and important for the implementation of the battery regulation and not reached by us nor ECHA for the moment.

Time	Presentation	Proposed speaker
14:00 – 14:20	Registration of participants
14.20-14.30	Welcoming and Objectives of the session	Hugo Waeterschoot (Eurometaux)
14.30-15.00	The battery Regulation a key EU program to manage the potential risks of all type of batteries. A generic overview	Ainhoa Gonzalez (Eurometaux)
15.00-15.20	The European Chemicals Agency and its role in the new Batteries Regulation	Letizia Polci (ECHA)
	ECHA is taking over new tasks for the implementation of the EU Battery Regulation and substance restrictions. This session will clarify these tasks, ongoing work and critical milestone dates.
15.20-15.40	Chemicals management in the new Batteries Regulation: the perspective of the Battery industry, How can the industry anticipate	Raji Kaur (RECHARGE)

	RECHARGE represents the advanced rechargeable and lithium battery manufacturers and the entire related value chain at EU level, and is playing an active role in the new Battery Regulation. RECHARGE can provide an overview of battery technologies at stake, how they see their role and how the industry is preparing for the chemicals management part of the regulation, its implications and challenges.
15.40-16.00	Chemicals management in the new Batteries Regulation: the perspective of the battery users	OEM (TBC)
	A key battery user can provide an overview of how they see their role and how the industry is preparing for the chemicals management part of the regulation, its implications and challenges for users.
16.00-16.10	Industry initiatives: Exchange & Capacity- building Group on Battery Materials (ECaBaM)	Ainhoa González (Eurometaux)
	With the support of industry, Eurometaux is coordinating ECaBaM, an industry platform created to facilitate exchanges with ECHA on its tasks for the implementation of the EU Battery Regulation and substance restrictions. The initiative aims to fill gaps such as limited data e.g. on hazards, exposures, risk management measures etc. and expertise available for these tasks, which will be a challenge for the upcoming substance restrictions.
16.10-16.30	Panel discussion & Q&A	All panellists