1. Co-operation and co-ordination with other groups
Work progress under Regulation 793/93/EEC
Mark Blainey

2. Recent Recommendations
Diphenyl ether, octabromo derivative (2002/755/EC)
No risk to aquatic environment
Marketing and use restrictions should be considered at Community level to protect the environment from the use of octabromodiphenyl ether.

3. Recent Recommendations
ethyl acetoacetate,
4-Chloro-o-cresol,
Dimethyldioctadecylammonium chloride
No need for further RR
2002/575/EC
o-anisidine,
1,4-dioxane
no risk for aquatic env, current RRM sufficient

4. Risk Reduction Strategy meeting: 7-8 April
Commission proposal – Recommendation:
15 substances
New strategies
2 substances
Work programme for 2003 (next RRS meeting: Nov 2003)
6 substances

5. Commission proposal – Recommendation
Substances with WFD recommendations:
Acetonitrile
Acrylic acid
Methyl methacrylate
Toluene
COM to consider inclusion in priority list of Annex X during next review of Annex.

6. Commission proposal – Recommendation
Some other substances - risk to aquatic environment.
Dealt with in alternative ways
acrylamide - Marketing and Use restriction
acrylonitrile - IPPC

7. New strategies DEHP Methyl acetate
need for further information and/or testing for aquatic ecosystem
Methyl acetate
no risk to environment

8. Work programme for 2003 3,4-dichloroaniline (DE):
chloroacetic acid (NL):
risk to aquatic environment identified.
4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol (Bisphenol A) (UK):
further information required to assess some uses.
risk to aquatic environment identified for some uses.

9. Work programme for 2003 bis(pentabromophenyl)ether (deca-BDE) (FR/UK):
further information required - still under discussion for ENV.
Pentane (NL):
1,4-dichlorobenzene (FR):
no further RR measures required for aquatic environment.