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LAUNCH OF CAMBRENSIS CHEMICALS GROUP - FRIDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2003, 2-4 PM, MIDDLE TEMPLE, LONDON EC4

Chemicals regulation has become something of a battleground recently. As Prime Minister Blair, President Chirac and Chancellor Schroder lobby EU President Romano Prodi about the EU's REACH proposals, and the internet consultation on these proposals generates thousands of responses and widely different views, two seemingly irreconcilable camps have emerged. “Regulate at any price”, versus “Preserve our chemical industry at all costs”.

Cambrensis has been actively seeking opportunities to address these issues constructively. We are neither part of the chemical industry nor a pressure group, but aim to bring together key people in government, policymaking, industry, the regulators and the scientific community, to discuss these differences and to find ways to move forward. We hope that this forum will be able to influence policy, rather than being used as a passive group to be preached at by both sides. During the meeting -

• Dr David Slater will be examining the background and current status of the EU's REACH proposals;

• Richard Macrory, Professor of Environmental Law at UCL Faculty of Laws, and a Board Member of the Environment Agency, will be discussing the thinking behind the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution's recent chemicals regulation report;

• Dr Alison Hamer, Regulatory Affairs Manager for Risk Assessment and Regulatory Consultants, JSC International, will be talking about the practical implications of these regulations for chemical companies; and

• Jonathan Lutwyche, Regional Business Adviser for the chemicals industry in the northwest (sponsored by Northwest Development Agency and Business Link) will be speaking about the effect of these regulations on SMEs and downstream users.

For all inquiries about membership of the Chemical Group, please contact Kim Bird, Membership Networks Manager on
01432-840-568
e-mail: wwilson@cambrensis.org

For all inquiries about the background of the Group or the content of its meetings, please contact William Wilson on 01432-269-860, mobile 07970-577-492
e-mail: wwilson@cambrensis.org

 

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