Compliance and representation 

Why is it important?

Compliance is directly related to the license to operate industrial plants but also to the market access of our products and consequently their shareholder value. Compliance requires actors to implement all legislations relevant to the production, use, end-of life and recycling of our metals and inorganics in the most appropriate way.

 

What we do

European Metals has a “regular stakeholder” status in meetings set up by regulatory authorities and attends meetings to:

  1. identify and report back on technical learnings and precedent-settings for its members,
  2. support the members on specific technical issues (sharing and discussing the information made available ahead of the meeting, preparing the interventions, taking notes, assisting in the follow-up actions and communications)
  3. make the link between authorities (e.g., Agencies) and the members

 

List of groups where European Metals has a regular stakeholder seat

Name Committee/Group EM representatives
ECHA, Risk Assessment Committee (all Working Groups except Drinking Water) Violaine Verougstraete
Back-up: Lara Van de Merckt
ECHA, Risk Assessment Committee- Drinking Water Working Group Lara Van de Merckt
Back-up: Federica Iaccino
ECHA, Socio-Economic Assessment Committee Simon Cook
Back-up: Violaine Verougstraete
ECHA, Member States Committee Violaine Verougstraete
Back-up: Federica Iaccino
Commission, CARACAL Sophia Verbrugghe
Back-up: Violaine Verougstraete
Commission, CIS* Strategic coordination Group Lara Van de Merckt
Commission, CIS Working Groups: Chemicals, Groundwater, and Water reuse Lara Van de Merckt
Commission, Soil Expert Group Lara Van de Merckt & Koen Oorts
Commission, Drinking Water Expert Group Lara Van de Merckt
Commission, IED Article 13 Andrea Pellini
Back-up: IED support -Seeds Consulting
Commission, IED JRC Sevilla Andrea Pellini
Back-up: IED support -Seeds Consulting
Zero Pollution Stakeholder platform Violaine Verougstraete
Back up: Andrea Pellini
OECD, Working Party on Hazard and on Exposure Assessment Violaine Verougstraete
OECD, Working Party on Risk Management Simon Cook

*Common Implementation Strategy (CIS) of the Water Framework Directive

 

For additional information on this subject contact:

verougstraete@european-metals.eu