The European Union REACH Regulation for Chemicals Law and Practice

by Bergkamp, Lucas

• ISBN13: 9780191807343
• ISBN10: 0191807346
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2013-12-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Lucas Bergkamp, Partner, Hunton & Williams LLP

Lucas Bergkamp is a Partner at Hunton & Williams, and head of the European Regulatory Practice. His practice focuses on environment, health and safety, energy, and product regulation, as well as related liability and contractual matters. A medical doctor and lawyer, Lucas represents multinational enterprises and SMEs on a variety of science-based regulatory issues at policy and compliance levels.
A graduate of the University of Amsterdam and Yale Law School, Lucas is admitted to the bars of New York and Brussels. He was a professor of law at Erasmus University Rotterdam for 10 years. His many publications include Liability and Environment (2001) and EC Law for the New Economy (2005).
Lucas is a member of the editorial boards of several publications, including the European Journal of Risk Regulation, and serves as Council Director for the Conference Board's Council on the Environment and Product Stewardship and as member of the advisory board of the Campaign for Fighting Diseases.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Gunter Verheugen
Introduction, Lucas Bergkamp
PART I: The Law of REACH
1. Background and Structure of REACH, Bjorn Hansen
2. The Organizational and Administrative Structures, Lucas Bergkamp and DaeYoung Park
3. Key Concepts and Scope, Lucas Bergkamp and Nicolas Herbatschek
4. The REACH Programmes and Procedures, Nicolas Herbatschek, Lucas Bergkamp and Meglena Mihova
PART II: The Practice of REACH
5. REACH and Strategic Decision-Making, Albania Grosso, Mark Crane and Mike Penman
6. REACH Consortia, Mike Penman and Martin Richards
7. Information and Data Sharing Requirements, Lucas Bergkamp and Nicolas Herbatschek
8. REACH and Competition Law, Daniel Francis
9. Compliance and Supply Chain Compliance and supply chain management, Lucas Bergkamp, Nicolas Herbatschek, and Uta Jensen-Korte
PART III: Legal Remedies and Sanctions
10. Dispute Resolution and Legal Remedies, Lucas Bergkamp, Nicolas Herbatschek, Suriya Jayanti and Paul Craig
11. Enforcement and Liability, Lucas Bergkamp and Nicholas Herbatschek
PART IV: REACH and the World
12. REACH and International Trade Law, Lawrence A Kogan
13. REACH's Impact in the Rest of the World, Daniel Uyesato, Malcolm Weiss, Julieta Stepanya, Dae-Young Park, Kazumi Yuki, and Tad Ferris
PART V: Evaluating REACH: An Interim Assessment
14. Is REACH Achieving its Objectives?, Bjorn Hansen and Mike Penman
15. How Could REACH be Improved?, Adam D K Abelkop, Agnes Botos, Lois R Wise and John D Graham
16. Does REACH Present a Business Opportunity?, Daniel C Esty and Lucas Bergkamp
17. Conclusions, Lucas Bergkamp, Michael Penman, and Nicholas Herbatschek