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is on schedule. The other NCSs of the phase 1 and 2 consortia are of lower volumes and must legallybe submitted by 2018. A welcome benefit of the NCS-grouping and phased consortia formation is anearly submission of dossiers for several lower volume phase-1 NCSs expected in 2013. Likewise workby phase-2 consortia on the lower volume items is steadily moving forward, which should result inmany more registrations well in advance of their 2018 deadline.Experience of the past years confirms the expectation, that dossier preparation for REACH registrationis a complex, resource intensive and time consuming process. EFEO anticipated the complexity anddeveloped a REACH Road Map by which the work is logically spread over the 10 years phase-inperiod. By initiating the third and last phase for consortia formation in 2013 companies will haveample time to implement a REACH compliant situation by 2018. You are invited to join now.A Program to Facilitatea Smooth Implementation of REACHfor the Supply and Downstream Use of NCSsTHANK YOUFOR YOUR ATTENTIONIFEAT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, Singapore, November, 2012, Dr. Hans van Bergen 21Dr. Hans van Bergen served for 20 years until 2005 in a Director position onProduct Safety & Chemical Regulations for fragrances, flavours and aromachemicals with IFF in Europe. Previously he worked for the Dutch Ministry for theEnvironment and for Dow Chemical in the area of ecology and occupationalhygiene. By education and training he holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry fromGroningen University, did a post-doctorate at the Ohio State University (USA) andis registered as EUROTOX toxicologist. In 2006 he started his consultancy Para-Celsus Concept withexpert services on Product Safety and the EU’s REACH Regulation for the production, import and useof substances. He has been instrumental in developing the REACH programs for EFEO, the EuropeanFederation of Essential Oils and EFFA, the European Flavour & Fragrance Association.246