1. Agenda (final) [EN]
2. Welcome addresses (Day 1)
   • Jean PELIN (Director General UIC France, Vice President ECEG)
   • Reinhard REIBSCH (General Secretary EMCEF)
   • Liviu LUCA (President PETROM Romania)
   • Tamara MORARIU (Director, Labour Inspection) [EN]
3. Social Partner Dialogue in the EU Chemical Industry, Concept and policies regarding Social Dialogue in the European Union and Statements on Social Partner Dialogue from the experience and the point of view of ECEG and EMCEF
   • Lutz MÜHL (Director BAVC Germany, Secretary ECEG) [EN]
   • Reinhard REIBSCH (General Secretary EMCEF) [EN]
4. Setting the scene on REACH, REACH as part of European industrial policy - background and importance for the Chemical Industry in Europe
   • Jean Claude LAHAUT (Cefic, ECEG) [EN]
   • Jean PELIN (Director General UIC France, Vice President ECEG) [EN]
5. Chemical Industry in the candidate countries from the social and economic point of view
   • Krasimir KRASTEV (President NLF Bulgaria, EMCEF)
   • Yoncho PELOVSKI (Vice President BCCI Bulgaria, ECEG) [EN]
   • Kemal ÖZKAN (LASTIK-IS Turkey, EMCEF)
   • Traian VULPE (Croatian Employers Association, ECEG) [EN]
   • Emil KUHTIC (Fepachim Romania, ECEG) [EN]
   • Octavian CIOBANU (FSLCP, EMCEF)
6. Welcome addresses (Day 2)
   • Ioan Cezar CORACI (President Fepachim Romania) [EN]
7. Panel Discussion on the impact of REACH for the chemical industry in the old and new EU-Member-States and the candidate countries
   • Zsuzsa KÁDÁR (EMCEF, Hungary) [EN]
   • Ladislav NOVAK (Director General SCHP Czech Republic, ECEG) [EN]
   • Gheorghe BAIASU (President Doljchim Craiova Free Union, Rom, EMCEF)
   • Burak GÜRDAL (General Secretary KIPLAS Turkey, ECEG) [EN]
8. Working Programme of Social Partner Dialogue in the European Chemical Industry - Presentation of the main elements of the Social Dialogue with focus on industrial policy, REACH and health and safety - health and safety strategies related to chemical substances, challenges from a European point of view, transfer of experience and information to downstream user industries
   • Jean PELIN (Director General UIC France, Vice President ECEG) [EN]
   • Reinhard REIBSCH (General Secretary EMCEF) [EN]
   • Rachelina BAIO (Cefic, ECEG) [EN]
9. Different approaches on health and safety concerning chemical substances in Europe – lessons to be learned because of history and existing national traditions and agreements
   • Achille DUTU (FSLCP, EMCEF)
   • Boris JURESA (EKN Croatia, EMCEF) [CR]
   • Liliana DOMBALOVA (BCCI Bulgaria, ECEG) [EN]
   • Zdravko SPEHAR (Croatian Employers Association, ECEG) [EN]
10. Panel discussion on the role and position of Social Partners on national and European level in EU and candidate countries on issues of common concern – voluntary initiatives and commitments versus legislative approaches
    • Zsuzsa KADÁR (EMCEF, Hungary) [EN]
    • Marian DUMITRU (President SLI “UNIREA” Romania, EMCEF)
    • Ioan Cezar CORACI (President Fepachim Romania, ECEG) [EN]
    • Jean Claude LAHAUT (Cefic, ECEG)
    • Reinhard REIBSCH (General Secretary EMCEF)
11. Conference Conclusions by ECEG and EMCEF
    • Reinhard REIBSCH (General Secretary EMCEF)
    • Jean PELIN (Director General UIC France, ECEG Vice President)

1. Joint Position of the Social Partners on REACH [DE], [EN]
2. Agenda (final) [EN]
3. Social Partner Dialogue in the EU Chemical Industry
   • Concept and policies regarding Social Dialogue from the EU-Commissions point of view [EN] - Markus HANDKE
   • Statements on Social Partner Dialogue from the experience and the point of view of Central and Eastern Europe. Tamás SZÉKELY (VDSZ Hungary, EMCEF) [DE], [EN] - Vit SUBERT (SCHP CR Czech Republic, ECEG)
4. REACH The state of play - EU Commission [EN] - Paul ARNOLDUS
5. Statements on the impact of REACH for the chemical industry in the old and new EU-Member-States
   • Waldemar BAHR (IG BCE Germany, EMCEF) [DE]
   • Franco BISEGNA (Cefic, ECEG) [DE] (1.7 MB)
   • Józef WOZNY (FZZPCSC Poland, EMCEF) [soon]
   • Ladislav NOVAK (SCHP SR Czech Republic, ECEG) and Lukas VYLUPEK (Arthur D. Little) [EN] (4 MB)
6. Facts & Figures on Occupational protection & experiences in the Chemical Industry [EN] (1.4 MB) - Oraldo DE TONI (EMCEF)
7. Safety 24h Programme - Finnish Social Partners initiative in the chemical industry [EN] - Aimo KASTINEN (KT Ry Finland, ECEG)
8. Experiences in Central and Eastern European Countries on introducing new health and safety procedures and adopting EU regulation
   • Jozef RAJZINGER (OZ Chémia SR Slovak Republic, EMCEF) [soon],
   • Gyula KÖRTEVÉLYESSY (Employer position) [EN]
9. Different approaches on health and safety concerning chemical substances – lessons to be learned because of history and existing national traditions and agreements
   • Andrzej KRZESLAK (PIPC Poland, ECEG) [soon]
   • Tibor KACZOR (OZ Chémia SR Slovak Republic, EMCEF) [SL]
   • Klaus BARTELS (BG Chemie – Accident Prevention and Insurance Association of the German Chemical Industry) [DE], [EN] (1.2 MB)
   • Elke SCHNEIDER (European Agency for Safety and Health at Work OSHA, Bilbao) [EN] (10 MB)
10. Chemicals in downstream industries [EN] - CEFIC

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