EU CONFERENCE ON

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS
CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFICATION AND RELATED IMPACTS
Brussels, 1st June 2015
Interpretation in and to FR/DE/EN

PROGRAMME
Centre Albert Borschette - Room AB-0A
36, rue Froissart (1049 Brussels)

Conference organised by the European Commission under the Chairmanship of

Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis

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Webstream available at
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All the presentations will be uploaded on the webpage of the conference

http://ec.europa.eu/health/endocrine_disruptors/events/ev_20150416_en.htm

1st June 2015 Brussels

Programme
Morning Programme
9.30 Registration and coffee
9.55 Welcome by Ladislav Miko, Acting Director General for Health and Food Safety
10.00 Opening speech by Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis

SESSION 1

Scientific debate on criteria to identify endocrine disruptors

Moderator: Arnd Hoeveler, Head of Unit Novel medical developments, DG RTD

10.15 The views of science : how to establish criteria to identify endocrine disruptors and to adequately
assess them in a regulatory context

10.45

Discussion

11.05

Closing remarks

Professor R. Thomas Zoeller, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Professor Daniel Dietrich, University of Konstanz
Professor Anthony Hardy, Chair of EFSA' Scientific Committee

SESSION 2

Endocrine disruptors in the EU legislation

Moderator: Silvija Nora Kalni, Senior Expert, Department of Environmental Protection,
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia

11.10 The EU policy on endocrine disruptors - Kestutis Sadauskas, Director for Green Economy,
DG ENV

11.20 Consideration of endocrine disruptors in the EU legislation - Ladislav Miko, Acting Director
General for Health and Food Safety, DG SANTE

11.30 Impact assessments as a key tool for better regulation - Matthew Hudson, Director for
General affairs, DG SANTE

11.40 The impact assessment for defining criteria on endocrine disruptors in the context of the plant

protection products and biocidal products regulations - Michael Flh, Acting Director for the
Safety of the food chain, DG SANTE

11.50 The first phase of the impact assessment on endocrine disruptors: how to screen which
chemicals would fall under different options for the criteria to identify endocrine disruptors Sharon Munn, Scientific-Technical Project Manager, JRC

12.05 Discussion
12.40 Closing remarks
12.45/14.15

Lunch buffet

Afternoon Programme

SESSION 3

Potential impacts on industry and consumers

Moderator: MEP Rivasi, member of the ENVI Committee

14.15 Potential impacts on food industry - Beate Kettlitz, Director Food Policy, Science and R&D,
FoodDrinkEurope

14.25 Potential impacts on pesticides industry - Jean-Charles Bocquet, Director General, ECPA
14.35 Potential impacts on consumers - Claus Jrgensen, Senior Project Manager,
Consumer Council THINK Chemicals

Danish

14.45 Discussion
15.05 Closing remarks

SESSION 4

Potential impacts on trade and agriculture

Moderator: Consuelo Prez Fernndez, Counsellor for Agriculture, Permanent
Representation of Spain to the EU

15.10 Potential impacts on agriculture - Luc Peeters, Chairman of the Copa-Cogeca Working
Party on Phytosanitary Questions

15.20 Potential impacts on trade

Gaston Maria Funes, Minister Counselor, Agricultural Affairs, Embassy

of Argentina to the EU
Michelle Cooper, Counsellor and Head of Section, Agriculture and
Environment, Mission of Canada to the EU

15.40 Discussion
16:00 Closing remarks

SESSION 5

Potential impacts on health and environment

Moderator: MEP Girling, Member of the ENVI Committee

16:05 Potential impacts on health and environment

Angeliki Lyssimachou, Environmental Toxicologist, PAN-Europe

Gnon K. Jensen, Executive Director, HEAL
Professor Andreas Hensel, President, German Federal Institute for Risk
Assessment

16.35 Discussion
16.55 Closing remarks
17.00

Closing of the conference: Martin Seychell, Deputy Director General for Health,
DG SANTE

17.10/18.00

Cocktail