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

https://scic.ec.europa.eu/streaming/index.php?es=2&sessionno=3198dfd0aef271d22f7bcddd6f12f5cb

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 Kalni, 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 Flh, 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 Jrgensen, 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 Prez Fernndez, 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 Gnon 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