In context of the German EU-presidency a workshop with Member States experts from environmental authorities took place at  October 11 & 12, 2007 in Berlin. 

Consequences of REACh for other legal and administrative environmental instruments - Evaluating the Environmental Effectiveness of REACh
(REACh:EEE)
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Legal appraisal of nano technologies 
Existing legal framework, the need for regulation and regula-tive options at a European and a national level

Findings of a study on behalf of the German EPA (Umweltbundesamt) .

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given Prof. Dr. Martin Führ, Stefanie Merenyi and Andreas Hermann LL.M. at the elni-forum in Brussels December 6, 2006.  

Project on Risk Management and Capacity Building under REACh

Title: Guidance for the implementation of a successful risk management under REACH

Study on behalf of the German Federal Environmental Agency (UBA)

(FKZ 205 67 462/05)

Short description in German

Short description in english (pdf, 490 kb)

see also:

REACh as a paradigm shift in chemical policy - responsive regulation and behavioural models

Führ, M./Bizer, K.; in: Journal of Cleaner Production (JCLP), 15, 2007 (4), 327-334, Elsevier, Exeter (UK) (pre-version pdf, 400 kB)

Mind the Gap - Interface Problems between EC Chemicals Law and sectoral environmental legislation 

Führ, M./Merenyi, S.; In: Review of European Community and International Environmental Law (RECIEL), 15 2006 (3), 281-292 (Blackwell Publishing).

Implementation of risk reduction measures under REACh

Toxic ignorance has become a major issue in the current debate on chemical policy both in the EU and the US.  The term refers to a lack of knowledge of the health and environmental properties, as well as the mechanisms of action, of Existing Chemicals. There can be little doubt that this term also goes to the heart of the problem facing us today.  However, the availability of such data – at any rate for individual substances – gives rise to a new problem, which is that such data must now be evaluated in light of the actions that need to be taken. Here the legal interface with other sector of environmental legislation are crucial.

"Inter-face problems between REACh and sector specific environmental legislation (IPPC/WFD)" is the titel of a study carried out on behalf of the German Federal Environmental Agency.

Download of the english version: UBA - Text 04/2005 (pdf, 1,5 MB)

German Version: UBA - Text 03/2005 (pdf, 1,5 MB) 

ELNI forum

On June 30, 2005 the study was presented at an ELNI forum in Brussels, hosted once again by the Centre d'étude du droit de l'environnement at the Faculté de droit des Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis.

Download of the presentation at the ELNI forum.  

Sofia contribution by Stefanie Merenyi to the

Korea-EU Joint Workshop in SEOUL, Dec. 3rd-4th 2007 as outlined in the program.