Friday 11 October 2024 from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M.
In collaboration with the Federal Public Service Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment
The Federal Council for Sustainable Development (FRDO-CFDD) is organising an event in Brussels on 11 October entitled “New challenges for products and sustainability”, which will provide an opportunity to take stock of important recent developments in product regulation in our country, in Europe and elsewhere in the world.
PHOTOS
Programme
- 8h30 | Registration and welcome coffee
- 9h15 | Welcome word (Marc Depoortere – Director FRDO-CFDD)
- 9h20 | Introduction New challenges for products and sustainability (Prof. Delphine Misonne – UCLouvain, FNRS, Chair of the product-norm group at FRDO-CFDD)
- 9h30 | Sustainability of products in the world and in Europe today
- 9h35 | Towards a new Treaty on Plastic Pollution: state of negotiations and stakes for product policies (Sophie Mirgaux & Ezéchiel Lerat – FPS Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment) (presentation)
- 10h00 | Q&A
- 10h10 | Ecodesign: “Make sustainable products the norm” (Julian Schenten – ClientEarth) (presentation)
- 10h30 | Q&A
- 10h40 | Coffee break
- 11h00 | The right to repair (Candido Garcia Molyneux, PhD – Covington & Burling LLP) (presentation)
- 11h20 | The interdiction of PFAS in packaging and other products (Pieter Luys & Mathieu Van Der Meerschen – FPS Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment) (presentation)
- 11h40 | Q&A
- 12h30 | Lunch break
- 14h00 | Product regulation in Belgium
- 14h00 | Priorities and market control on product standards and sustainability (Chris Van den Hole – FPS Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment) (presentation)
- 14h25 | The Belgian Law on Product Standards: quo vadis? (Anne-France Rihoux, FPS Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment) (presentation)
- 14h50 | Q&A
- 15h10 | Recent export bans (Naomi Cambien – Bond Beter Leefmilieu) (presentation)
- 15h30 | Dialogue and role of advisory bodies (Prof. Delphine Misonne – UCLouvain, FNRS, Chair of the product-norm group at FRDO-CFDD & Alexis Dall’Asta – FRDO-CFDD) (presentation)
- 15h50 | Q&A
- 16h00 | Conclusions
- 16h30 | Celebration for Luc Lavrysen and reception
- Moderated by Natasha Foote
This event is also organised in honour of Prof. Luc Lavrysen, who was a scientific member of the FRDO-CFDD for many years, chairing the working group on product standards.
