REACH revision 2025: simpler, faster, bolder

29 September 2025, 8:30am - 5:30pm

Residence Palace - Polak room, Brussels

2025 is an important year for the future of the EU’s chemicals policy.

Governments and the European Commission are under pressure to stop chemical pollution, which has got out of control, and to respond to a chemical sector facing a new energy and economic landscape.

REACH needs to be updated to become simpler in generating information, faster in controlling the most harmful chemicals and bolder in protecting people’s health and nature. This will help prevent future scandals such as the PFAS pollution crisis.

After years of preparation, the Commission will finally propose a revision of REACH in the last quarter of 2025. This will be a once-in-a-generation opportunity to update the EU’s chemical safety policy to close the health and environmental protection gap and promote greater innovation for a more resilient economy.

Join CHEM Trust and HEAL for a one-day conference in Brussels on 29th September 2025, to discuss the challenges and opportunities of modernising the EU’s chemical safety rules with decision-makers, citizen organisations, businesses, and experts.

Opening remarks will be delivered by Jessika Roswall, Environment Commissioner, European Commission. The keynote speech will be given by Dr. Marike Kolossa-Gehring, coordinator of HBM4EU and Head of Toxicology, health-related environmental monitoring at the German Environment Agency.

Register free of charge before 16 September 2025 (limited room capacity).

8:30 Welcome coffee

Welcome refreshments provided on the patio

9:15 Welcome

Genon Jensen, Executive Director, HEAL, and Dr. Michael Warhurst, Executive Director, CHEM Trust

9:30 Opening remarks

Jessika Roswall, Environment Commissioner, European Commission

9:45 Keynote speech

Dr. Marike Kolossa-Gehring, coordinator of HBM4EU and Head of Toxicology, health-related environmental monitoring at the German Environment Agency

10:00 Panel 1 | A chemicals framework fit for the future

High-level discussion with Commission, national governments, MEPs, industry and civil society leaders

11:15 Coffee break

Refreshments provided on the patio

11:30 Panel 2 | REACH revision - closing the protection gap

Discussion with senior EU and national officials, MEPs, and stakeholder representatives

12:45 Lunch

Lunch provided on the patio

14:00 Deep-dives | 3 parallel sessions on the REACH revision

Discussions in 3 break-out groups on the Extension of the generic risk management, the Mixture assessment factor, and Polymers

15:30 Coffee break

Refreshments provided on the patio

16:00 Panel 3 | Creating a home market for circular and toxic-free products

Discussion with EU officials, MEPs, and stakeholder representatives

17:15 Closing remarks

Ida Hannibal, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Gender Equality, Denmark, on behalf of the Danish Presidency of the European Council

17:30 Reception with drinks and food

Food and drinks provided on the patio

Confirmed speakers:

• Jessika Roswall, Environment Commissioner, European Commission
• Dr. Marike Kolossa-Gehring, Head of Section, German Environment Agency and coordinator of HBM4EU

• Ida Hannibal, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Denmark
• Agustín Reyna, Director General, BEUC
• Patrick ten Brink, Secretary General, EEB
• MEP Jutta Paulus, Germany, Greens/EFA
• Stéphanie Roland, Deputy Head of Cabinet in charge of environment files, Ministry of Environment, Belgium
• Christian Horemans, Expert International Affairs at Mutualités Libres - Onafhankelijke Ziekenfondsen
• Ulrike Kallee, BUND

• Theresa Kjell, Head of Chemicals Policy at the Chemical Secretariat, ChemSec
• Genon Jensen, Executive Director, HEAL
• Dr. Michael Warhurst, Executive Director, CHEM Trust

Contact

Fanny Buffin, EU policy support, CHEM Trust, fanny.buffin@chemtrust.org 

Elke Zander, Head of Communications, HEAL, elke@env-health.org

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