Brussels, Belgium
06 – 07 July 2016
Website: http://org.kikirpa.be/chemch2016/
ExTech’2016 / ISSS’2016
Toruń, Poland
03 – 06 July 2016
Website: http://www.extech-isss2016.pl/
16th Conference on Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids
Vienna, Austria
03 – 08 July 2016
Website: http://www.euchem2016.org/welcome/
LIFE Environment & Resource Efficiency
Deadline: 12 September 2016
Source: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/
A Roadmap for The Chemical Industry to a Bioeconomy
Deadline: 8 September 2016
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/
Develop Consolidated Bioprocesses for Direct Fermentation into Bio-Compounds for Chemicals and Materials
Deadline: 8 September 2016
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/
Converting Bio-Based Feedstocks via Chemical Building Blocks into Advanced Materials for Market Applications
Deadline: 8 September 2016
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/
Valorisation of the Organic Content of Municipal Solid Waste and Contributing to the Renewable Circular Economy
Deadline: 8 September 2016
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/
ERC Advanced Grant
Deadline: 1 September 2016
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/
Favourite Science Moments – Photo & Video Competition
Deadline: 31 July 2016
Website: http://www.chemistryviews.org/
Research Proposals for Enlighten Your Research
Deadline: 20 June 2016
Website: https://www.eapconnect.eu/research/
Evaluation Roadmap: Evaluation of Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
The initiative will assess the functioning of enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED) and in particular the functioning of a number of its key provisions in the online environment, with a view to identify the possible need for updating such provisions and to propose corrective measures. The evaluation is part of the Commission’s Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme.
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/
REFIT – Fitness Check on Chemicals Legislation (Excluding REACH)
The aim of this fitness check is to assess the overall effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, and EU added value of this legislative framework, including the procedures to implement the framework; and identify possible excessive regulatory burdens, overlaps, inconsistencies, obsolete measures and gaps in the legislative framework. The results of this Fitness Check, together with the forthcoming REACH Report in 2017 and the completed and ongoing studies, will provide an overall picture of the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence, and EU added value of EU chemicals legislation.
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/roadmaps/
Evaluation of Regulation No 386/2012 – European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property
The purpose is to assess whether the initial objectives of Regulation 386/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 April 2012 on entrusting the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) with tasks related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights, including the assembling of public and private – sector representatives as a European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights have actually been met.
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/smart-regulation/roadmaps/
Consultation on Horizon 2020 ‘Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine and Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy’ Work Programme 2018-2020
Contributions to the present consultation will feed into preparation of the next Societal Challenge 2 Work Programme 2018-2020. The Commission expects to develop the content of Work Programme 2018-2020 during the fourth quarter of 2016 and first semester 2017, with adoption and publication of calls for proposals in the autumn of 2017.
Deadline: 28 August 2016
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/
Consultation on the Regulation of Professions: Member States’ National Action Plans and Proportionality in Regulation
Over the past two years EU countries have been undergoing a mutual evaluation to screen their regulatory arrangements for professions and ensure that they are ‘proportionate’ to legitimate public interest objectives, without creating unnecessary burdens. EU countries then had to produce National Action Plans outlining any changes they proposed to make so as to ensure that their regulation is as effective as possible, for both professionals and consumers. The consultation will therefore invite you to share your views on these National Action Plans.
Deadline: 19 August 2016
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/
Consultation on a Concept Paper on the Revision of the ‘Guidance On Submissions for Safety Evaluation of Sources Of Nutrients or of other Ingredients Proposed for use in the Manufacture of Foods’
European Food Safety Authority´s (EFSA) Food Ingredient and Packaging Unit (FIP) has launched an open consultation on a Concept paper on the revision of the ‘Guidance on submissions for safety evaluation of sources of nutrients or of other ingredients proposed for use in the manufacture of foods’. This document proposes to highlight those areas of the existing 2001 SCF Guidance which have been identified based on the experience accrued by the ANS Panel with the evaluation of nutrient sources, as the most in need of further elaboration or clarification. This initiative is in line with the EFSA’s objective of prioritising public engagement in the process of scientific assessment.
Deadline: 20 July 2016
Source: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/
Consultation on Glyphosate
Parties concerned are invited to comment on several hazard classes open for public consultation on the substance Glyphosate. The indicated hazard classes were assessed and concluded by the dossier submitter in their proposal for harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) of the substance glyphosate, and are indicated in the substance details table in the link below.
Deadline: 18 July 2016
Website: http://echa.europa.eu/
New Version of REACH-IT
The update of the dossier submission and communication tool, REACH-IT, will be launched on 21 June. To manage the update, ECHA has closed the system one week before the launch, on 14 June at noon. The new REACH-IT will be simpler to use and more intuitive, which will particularly help small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) registering their chemicals for the last REACH registration deadline of 31 May 2018.
Source: http://echa.europa.eu/
Eurostars Projects
If you are a small company in need of public funding for your innovative idea, participation in a Eurostars project can bring you a passport to growth, further innovation, an opening to new global markets and even greater business success. Eurostars is the only European funding programme to be specifically dedicated to support R&D-performing SMEs in their innovative R&D projects. With its bottom-up approach, it stimulates international collaborative research and innovation projects that will be rapidly commercialised. A Eurostars project must have a civilian purpose and be aimed at the development of a new product, process or service.
Deadline: 15 September 2016
Source: https://www.eurostars-eureka.eu/start-your-eurostars-project
Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernisation
On 2 June during the Smart Regions conference in Brussels, the European Commission launched the Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernisation. This new initiative offers hands-on support to regions to foster interregional cooperation based on matching smart specialisation priorities related to industrial modernisation – such as Key Enabling Technologies, service innovation or resource efficiency. It will be hosted by the European Commission’s Smart Specialisation Platform located in Seville. The aim of this initiative is to create an investment pipeline of mature projects in new growth areas across the EU, by providing tailored advice and helping regions establish links with the business and research communities. The platform could help regions develop or share infrastructure such as testing facilities, pilot plants, data centres, and Fab-Labs.
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/
New Waste Emission Standards for The European Chemical Industry
The Official Journal of the European Union published the Best Available Techniques (BAT) conclusions for Common Waste Water and Waste Gas Treatment/Management Systems in the Chemical Sector. These BAT conclusions address a number of issues relevant for all chemical installations covered by the Industrial Emissions Directive: environmental management systems; waste water management, collection, and treatment; waste gas management and collection; diffuse emissions of volatile organic compounds to air; odour emissions; and noise emissions. BAT conclusions are the technical basis for national authorities in EU countries to set permit conditions for producers in the relevant field and aim at achieving a high level of protection of the environment under economically and technically viable conditions.
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/
Responsible Research
Parallel to the large positive impact on human welfare and wellbeing, science and technology sometimes create new risks and ethical dilemmas. Over the last decades many efforts have tried to reduce the distance between science and society, leading to a European-wide approach in Horizon 2020 called Responsible Research and Innovation. The Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) Tools Project provides a series of tools seeking to bring issues related to RRI into the open, to anticipate their consequences, and to involve society in discussing how science and technology can help create the kind of world and society we want for generations to come.
Source : http://www.rri-tools.eu/
Nano-what? Nanomaterials Terminology and Safety
Consistent use of terminology is important in any field of science and technology to ensure common understanding of concepts and tools among different stakeholders, such as science experts, regulatory authorities, industry and consumers. The Joint Research Centre (JRC) report “NANoREG harmonised terminology for environmental health and safety assessment of nanomaterials” seeks to support a common understanding and consistency in the use of key terms in the field of environmental health and safety (EHS) assessment of nanomaterials. It simultaneously contributes to the on-going global debate on the meaning of some of those words in this field.
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/
EFSA Scientific Cooperation Annual Report 2015
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Strategy 2020 highlights cooperation as one of the five fundamental key values that guide EFSA in its activities. While this has been so since the creation of EFSA, the nature of cooperation is progressively evolving, with Member States increasingly playing a leading role in priority setting and the steering of activities. This annual report gives an overview of the activities undertaken by EFSA in 2015 together with different stakeholders, in particular with Member States. It also highlights how EFSA supports the European Commission, its main stakeholder, in policy-making decisions and enlargement programmes, contributing to the harmonisation of risk assessment practices at a European and international level.
Source: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/