Webinar: Europe & Great Britain: navigating regulatory differences (May 22)

Great Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union in March 2019 caused an inevitable divergence in chemical products regulation between the two regions. After Brexit, the UK REACH and UK CLP were issued, replicating the European versions but with some changes in order to make it operable in a domestic context.

The EU and UK chemicals regulations now operate independently from each other, adding more variations with each update. It has therefore become crucial to understand how to navigate these differences, especially when dealing with import and/or export of products between the two regions.

On May 22, 2024, Telematic and CIRS will jointly host a webinar to introduce the regulatory divergence between Europe and Great Britain.  The webinar is lasting about 90 minutes. There is also a Question & Answer session to allow you to raise any concerns you may have. 

Time and Schedule

Main Contents

• Safety data sheets – what are the major differences in structure and content; 
• Major restrictions – while the first 74 restrictions are in common for both the EU and GB, in the EU there have been additions in Annex XVII;
• Classification and labelling, including the harmonised one – harmonized classifications both in the EU and GB have been amended since 2019 but with various divergences and the EU has introduced new hazard classes;
• EU REACH and UK REACH General Introduction and comparison: registrants, procedures, costs, timelines, post-registration obligations, etc.;
• The new ECHACHEM database;
• 2024 EU REACH Enforcement Programme; and
• UK REACH updates in 2024.

Speakers

Bryan Zhou, Deputy General Manager, CIRS Europe

Mr. Bryan Zhou is Deputy General Manager of our European office based in Dublin, Ireland. He has been working for CIRS since 2015 after receiving his Master's degree in Chemistry from the University of Cincinnati. His extensive expertise includes EU REACH, China REACH, K-REACH, Global GHS requirements and other worldwide chemical regulation compliance knowledge. Bryan has assisted hundreds of EU companies meet regulatory compliance requirements in these regions.

Ziannah Pasion, Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Telematic-EPY

Ziannah is a regulatory affairs specialist at Telematic, a software house that carries solutions for SDS creation, labelling, PCN notification and transport of hazardous chemicals.

With a bachelor degree in Biotechnology obtained at the University of Milan Bicocca and a great expertise of chemicals regulations, she helps European companies to comply with the changing legislation in EU, GB, USA, Canada and China, while also working on implementing the Korean regulation in the software.