REACH REACH CURRENT PROGRESS CURRENT PROGRESS

IN THE SECOND READINGIN THE SECOND READING

Karel BláhaMinistry of Environment

Czech Republic

Prague, October 5, 2006

SCOPE OF THE PRESENTATIONSCOPE OF THE PRESENTATION

• Introduction, current state of art

• Future wokplan

EU Chemicals Policy Review Co-decision process & timing

New Chemical Policy in Force: 2007?

Opinion Commission

Final Legislative

Acts

Conciliation

Development of the White Paper

1999 - Feb 2001

White Paper

Feb. 2001Stakeholder Consultation

2 April 2001

Council Common

Position

2005/6

Parliament’s 1st Reading

NOV 2005

Parliament’s 2nd Reading

2006

Directly applicable in

Member States

Council Conclusions

Parliament’s Opinion

April –Nov. 2001

Legislative ProposalsOctober 2003

Proposal DG ENVDG ENTApril 2003

Internet ConsultationMay-July 2003

Proposal DG ENVDG ENT

September 2003

Interservice Process

Commission

InterserviceProcess

Commission

Pre-registration and phase-in

EIF 12 months

Pre

-reg

istra

tion

3 years 6 years 11 years

• 1000+ tonnes• CMRs 1+ tonne• PBTs/vPvBs (R50-53) 100+ tonnes

Ag

en

cy sta

rt up

100-1000 tonnes

1-100 tonnes

[6 months]

18 months

Notification of SVHCs in SIA

Non-phase-in substances

REACH Voting Calendar

AM tabled

Comments Consideration of AM

Votes Plenary

ENVI 1185 All AM available

Evaluation done

Sacconi

15 SEP 4 OCT 14/17 NOV

ITRE 1301 All AM available

Evaluation done

Ek

30 AUG 13 SEP

IMCO 895 All AM available

Evaluation done

Nassauer

5 SEP 13 SEP

COMMON POSITITIONCOMMON POSITITION

7524/06 COMPET 72 ENV 189 CHIMIE 12

CODEC 252 OC 224(June 27, 2006)

Common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency and amending Directive 1999/45/EC and Regulation (EC) {on Persistent Organic Pollutants} and a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals

Council ACouncil AHHWWPP Meetings Meetings 3-4 JULY: Discussion of EP amendments

WD 31/06 (March 9, 2006)

17-18 JULY: Discussion of EP amendments continues

4 AHWP meetings scheduled in September

Adoption of the Regulation in the second reading by the end of 2006

Finish should finish !Finish should finish !

Council - Council - FIFI Presidency 200 Presidency 20066

Council ACouncil AHHWWPP Meetings Meetings 4-5 SEPT: Discussion of the PRES „non-

paper“ WD 37/06 11-12 SEPT: Discussion of Pres specific

proposals 19 SEPT – „Technical Points“ 25 SEPT – Amendments proposed by

EPP-ED 2 OCT - Discussion of Pres specific

proposals INFORMAL MEETING

Council - Council - FIFI Presidency 200 Presidency 20066

WD 31/06 Rev 1 (June 22, 2006)

The groups of amendments:- Duty of care - Animal testing - The Agency and the involvement of

the European Parliament therein- Communication of Information- SMEs- Other amendments

 

INFORMAL MEETINGReport from the high level meeting of Pres with EP

358 amendments –        22 % authorisation –        23 % registration + data sharing –        9 % animal welfare/alternative methods –        6 % Agency –        5 % access to information –        26 % miscellaneous (scope, comitology, nanomaterials, vulnerable populations, etc.) –        many duplicates –        some will be dropped before the vote for formal reasons (e.g. not raised at the first reading, not a ’new’ issue)  

 

FUTURE WORK OF AHWP

12-13 OCT - Determination of a mandate for COREPER for the negotiation

??? – hopefully none

Finish should finish ! 

ENVI June 21: first exchange of views on amendments

June 30: Draft Recommendation published (inet) by Mr. Sacconi (out of 230 amds., 49 retabled) and taken by Presidency in WD 31/06

Oct. 10: VotingPLENARY Sept. 6: Common Position to be delivered to the

Chair3 (+ 1) months for 2nd reading !!!

Nov. 16or

Dec. 14: Voting

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament

WHAT CAN HAPPEN on Nov 16 or Dec 14??

1. EP approves the Common Position – proposal adopted

2. EP approves the amendments to the Common Position – proposal goes back to the Council

CONCILIATION STARTS (6 WEEKS)

European ParliamentEuropean Parliament

WHAT CAN HAPPEN within 6 weeks ??

1. COUNCIL can by qualified majority revert the EP amendments, provided that Cion agrees (if it is not the case, COUNCIL must be unanimous)

2. If the step 1 fails, a Conciliation Committe must prepare the COMPROMISED TEXT

3. COMPROMISED TEXT submitted to COUNCIL and EP

CONCILIATIONCONCILIATION

WHAT CAN HAPPEN ??

EITHERCOUNCIL (by qualified majority)

and EP (by absolute majority)

approves the compromised text

PROPOSAL ADOPTED

OREither COUNCIL or EP disagree

PROPOSAL REJECTED

END OF THE GAMEEND OF THE GAME

Thank you for your attention !karel_blaha@env.cz