Agenda & Presentations
12.30 - 13.00
Registration & Welcome Coffee
13.00 - 13.10
Welcome
Session 1
Regulation 396/2005 - MRL setting and implementation
13.10 - 13.30
EU MRL Setting - the routine process and MRL review assessment
Luna Greco
Senior Scientific Officer, EFSA Pesticide Peer Review Unit
Giovanni Bernasconi
Senior Scientific Officer, EFSA Pesticide Peer Review Unit
13.30 - 13.50
Regulation 396/2005 – open items after 20 years
Maria Tabernero
Head of Sector, DG SANTE, European Commission
13.50 - 14.10
Multiple Source Substances - Pesticide Residues
Karsten Hohgardt
Formerly Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)
14.10 - 14.30
Relevance of MRLs and other sanitary-phytosanitary measures for the Food Value Chain
Philippe Binard
General Delegate, Freshfel Europe
14.30 - 14.50
Joint Q&A
14.50 - 15.35
Coffee Break
Session 2
MRL changes and challenges for trade
15.35 - 16.05
Non-renewed and expired substances in the EU: consequences on MRLs
Anne Latrive
Policy Officer, DG SANTE, European Commission
16.05 - 16.30
EU MRL Setting - When Politics Get Involved + MRL discussions at the WTO
Volker Koch-Achelpöhler
Agricultural Relations Director, Gowan Company
Dr. Martin Schäfer
Head of Trade & FVC Affairs, Agricultural Solutions, BASF
16.30 - 16.50
Joint Q&A
16.50 - 18.10
Impact of MRL changes on Food Value Chain Partners
Panel Discussion
Alejandro Rodarte
Director for Food Safety, FoodDrinkEurope
Silvana Laupheimer
Plant Protection Representative, German Hop Industry Association (DHWV)
Paula de Vera
Senior Policy Advisor, Copa-Cogeca
Elizabeth Bates
Head of Dietary Safety Assessment, Bayer Moderator
18.10 - 18.20
Summary of day 1 + housekeeping
18.20 - 19.00
Reception
18.45 - 19.00 Conversation starter
Dr. Simon Maechling
Innovation Manager, External Innovation & Partnering, Bayer
19.00 - 21.00
Walking Dinner
8.30 - 9.00
Registration & Welcome Coffee
9.00 - 9.10
Welcome and housekeeping
Session 3
Global crop protection; different countries - different needs
9.10 - 9.35
Plant Protection and Market Access in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Dr. Edouard Lehmann
Manager Research and Innovation Brokerage, COLEAD
9.35 - 10.00
10.00 - 10.15
Joint Q&A
10.15 - 11.00
Coffee break
Session 4
Trade facilitating MRLs - examples
11.00 - 12.00
EU trade statistics + Codex MRL implementation rates
Monika Richter
Global MRL & Trade Manager, Crop Protection, BASF
12.00 - 12.10
Q&A
12.10 - 13.00
Lunch break
Session 5
Monitoring and enforcement
13.00 - 13.20
Sampling Regulation for pesticide residues and increased import control of products of non-animal origin + The ACN Reporting
Joint presentation by representatives from European Commission (DG SANTE)
Piroska Kiss
Policy Officer, DG SANTE, European Commission
Eva Siegener
Investigator Food Fraud, DG SANTE, European Commission
13.20 - 13.50
Role of EURL SRM in the MRL setting process
Michelangelo Anastassiades
Head of EURL-SRM, CVUA Stuttgart
13.50 - 14.10
Complexities of a routine lab
Nina Biesemans
Customer Scientist, Primoris
