PLASTICS REGULATIONS EU 2020 | EVENT PREVIEW
AMI’s Plastics Regulations conference takes place in Cologne in March, covering everything from food contact and chemical regulation through to the single-use plastics directive. We preview the event
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AMI’s fourth Plastics Regulations EU conference takes place on 11-12 March in Cologne, Germany, providing a valuable opportunity to gain focused advice on a range of legal and compliance issues impacting on polymer producers, compounders, processors and end users. Bringing together a wide variety of leading legal experts, the conference presents a cost and time efficient way to future-proof your business by making sure you are aware of changing and developing regulations. This year’s event will be preceded by a standalone pre-conference Brexit workshop that will explain the potential regulatory and trading implications of the UK’s departure for UK, EU and non-EU companies. See the box on the following page for more information on the expert speakers and content or click here. Plastics Regulations 2020 will open with a global
regulatory update on the plastics economy, which will be presented by Peter Sellar, Partner at FieldFisher in Belgium. This will be followed by an overview of international economic sanctions presented by Siegfried Richter, Policy Officer at the European Commission. Then Bonita Reynolds, Senior Director Authoring Services at
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Verisk 3E in the US, will speak about the US Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and achieving compliance for plastics.
Recycling issues It would be difficult to underplay the importance of recycling and waste regulations in today’s business environment. Joachim Quoden, Lawyer at Law Firm Joachim Quoden in Germany, will provide a perspective on the impact of the initiatives and tools being used to build the circular economy. Then Luke Douglas-Home, Managing Director of Clear Public Space in the UK, will share details of a study highlighting differences in plastic packaging regulations across EU member states (and the UK). The next session will turn to the topic of REACH.
Marcus Navin-Jones, a Partner at Keller and Heckman in Belgium, will ask whether REACH authorisation is becoming a barrier to recycling and re-use of plastics. Dr Frank Friedel, Senior Chemicals and REACH Consultant at TSG Consulting in the UK, will give an overview of the Single-Use Plastics Directive and the REACH regulation. And Filippo Mattioli, an Associate at Steptoe & Johnson in Belgium, will cover
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Main image: AMI’s fourth European Plastics Regulations conference will update on food contact, packaging and recycling regulations
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