6th  ESA REACH WORKSHOP
WORKSHOP ON THE EU REACH REGULATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE SPACE SECTOR

The European Space Agency (ESA) is pleased to organise the 6th edition of our “Workshop on the EU REACH Regulation and its impact on the Space Sector” on Tuesday, 17 June 2025 at ESA ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. 

We herewith invite you to save the date for this workshop!

At this interactive full-day event (ca. 9:00-17:30) we want to raise once again awareness and discuss the current state of play, challenges and risks with regard to EU REACH and related environmental regulations with experts from competent authorities, agencies and industry (including SMEs).

In addition, the revised EU political agenda after the 2024 European elections requires attention, as the new European Commission set out to put forward a new chemicals industry package, aiming to “simplify REACH” and provide clarity on “forever chemicals”, or PFAS, in order to boost competitiveness of the EU industry.

Furthermore, we will look at related requirements and evolutions in Switzerland and the UK, assessing the status of regulatory alignment and divergence with the EU.

The event is equally open to interested stakeholders from space agencies and industry, other sectors, NGOs and representatives from the European Commission, ECHA, the European Defence Agency (EDA), national agencies, and ESA member states.

Registration

All attendees are required to register their attendance to the 6th ESA Reach Workshop. During the registration process attendees can indicate if they want to join in person at ESTEC or online via WebEx.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Final Programme

TIME (CEST)SpeakerTopic / Title
09.15 - 09.20Nicoletta Wagner (ESA-ESTEC)Introduction & Welcome
09.20 - 09.50Premysl Janik (ESA, REACH Officer)ESA REACH Office - Introduction and space
sector-wide initiatives
09.50 - 10.20European Commission: 
Julien Fabre (DG ENV)
Martijn Beekman (DG GROW) 
Fabio Vitobello (DG DEFIS)
European Commission update on REACH
with focus on Space
10.20 - 10.50Simone Doyle (ECHA)
Authorisation and Restriction – Updates from ECHA
10.50 - 11.15
BREAK
11.15 - 11.45Fabien Michelin (European
Defence Agency) 
REACH & Defence: Challenges and perspectives
for strengthening European military capabilities
11.45 - 12.15Tim Becker (REACHLaw) 
Update on European Space Sector activities to jointly
address EU REACH and related laws
12.15 - 12.45Paolo Serafini (Thales Alenia Space) 
Views and regulatory challenges of large space
integrator in Europe
12.45 - 14.00
LUNCH BREAK
14.00 - 14.30Oliver Reiff-Musgrove (REACHLaw) 
How to use the ESA REACH Tool to monitor regulatory
risk and map your PFAS uses
14.30 - 15.00Leo Fournier (ESA) 
Summary of PFAS use mapping across ESA projects 
15.00 - 15.20Miki Kurahashi (JAXA)
JAXA Initiatives for PFAS Obsolescence on Japanese Space Supply Chain
15.20 - 15.40Premysl Janik + all participants  
Response to UPFAS Restriction: brainstorming &
how to collect info, data across different uses in
the space sector 
15.40 - 16.00
BREAK
16.00 - 16.45P. Janik 
E. Consoli 
R. Boelter 
T. Ziegler 

Moderator: A. Coello Vera 
Panel Discussion –
Group Restriction Initiatives and wider
EU Chemicals Policy  
16.45 - 17.00P. Janik & A. Coello VeraClosing Remarks

Preliminary Agenda

The following key topics are foreseen to be addressed, among others:
  • A keynote presentation on REACH and environmental challenges from a Space Sector perspective
  • State of play on REACH and related environmental regulations within ESA member states, including in the EU, Switzerland and the UK
  • Updates from regulators and agencies
  • Industrial views and challenges
  • Universal PFAS restriction proposal
  • Regulatory status of chromates under the authorisation and restriction processes
  • ESA REACH Tool
In addition to our own experts, the list of invited speakers from REACH competent authorities, the EDA, other agencies and industry will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Format

  • Your physical presence is encouraged. If not possible, online participation will been abled.
  • Sufficient time will be given to Q&As and background discussions during breaks.
  • The workshop will culminate in an interactive panel discussion.
  • The event will be free of charge.

Should you have any questions or suggestions concerning this workshop, please do not hesitate to contact the ESA REACH Officer Mr Premysl Janik at reach.officer@esa.int.

Logistics:

ESA Conference Bureau
Keplerlaan 1
2201 AZ Noordwijk
The Netherlands
T. +31 (0)71 565 5005
E. ESAConferenceBureau@atpi.com

Technical:

ESA REACH Officer
Mr Premysl Janik
E. reach.officer@esa.int

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