Gyula Körtvélyessy, PhD

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1 Home-Office: Bimbó út 3O, Budapest Hungary H-1O22 Phone: (36) O Fax: (36) Mobil: (36) Gyula Körtvélyessy, PhD PERSONAL DATA Born: 11/06/44, Budapest, Hungary Married. Wife, Judit Körtvélyessy is also a chemical engineer. Three children. EDUCATION 2004 Accredited auditor for Safety and Quality Assessment System ( Certified at CHEMLEG program of CEFIC for risk assessment of dangerous chemical materials 1998 Lead assessor of the Hungarian Standards Institution 1995 Lead assessor course of SGS Yarsley Int. Certification Ltd Middle Management Course, Vlerick School Voor Management, Ghent, Belgium Post-doctoral research in organic chemical engineering rewarded with an advanced degree from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1973 Ph.D. in Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest Postgraduate course in chemical engineering, graduated with honors, Technical University, Budapest 1967 M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest SPECIALIZATION Evaluation and scale-up of production processes of organic chemical intermediates, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, plastics additives, surfactants; in connection with the following: waste water and emission treatment, solving analytical problems by chromatographic, titrimetric or IR, UV, NMR spectroscopic methods. Experience in chemical engineering, manufacturing and usage of equipment in chemical industry. Organization and auditing of quality management systems at companies. Risk assessment for chemical research and development laboratories AWARDS and HONORS 1996 Than Károly's prize for work at the Hungarian Chemical Society 1992 Dénes Gábor's prize for Technical Development

2 Award for chemical engineers, Hungarian Ministry of Industry 1973 Ph.D. Summa Cum Laude 1966 Second prize in the National Conference of Student Researchers, Debrecen MEMBERSHIP in Professional Organizations 2001 to present Member of the Board of Dénes Gábor Prize-winner s Club, 1995 to present Elected Secretary General, Hungarian Chemical Society 1992 to present Member of the European Organization for Quality 1990 to present Member of the Chemical Industrial and Environmental Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1985 to present Member of the Executive Committee of the Hungarian Chemical Society 1985 to present Member of the Board of the Hungarian Chemist's Journal 1985 to present Editor, Hungarian Chemist's Journal 1982 to present Member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of the Hungarian Chemical Society; : Elected President of the Scientific and Technical Committee. EXPERIENCE 2003 present Project leader of the CHEMLEG/CHEMFED program at the Hungarian Chemical Industry Association 2000 present Consultant in environmental, marketing, risk assessing and technical matters for the Hungarian pharmaceutical and chemical industry 1999 present Consultant for Chemical Information Service Inc. about updating product data of the Hungarian chemical and pharmaceutical firms 1999 present Consultant for CMS Chemicals Ltd. about custom manufacturing and trading in Hungary 1995 present Consultant for the Chemical Exchange Directory SA about MSDS in Hungary 1992 present Lead assessor for auditing quality systems of chemical companies, Hungarian Standards Institution C.E.O, SZEVIKI Organic Chemical Industrial Research Institute Co. Ltd, Budapest : Vice-President for Scientific Research and Development and member of the Board of Directors, SZEVIKI : Head of the Synthetic Department, SZEVIKI : Senior Researcher, SZEVIKI Patent examiner, Hungarian Patent Office (experience in using Chemical Abstracts and patent literature). Computer skills: Excel, Word, Access, Visio, PowerPoint, Internet

3 3 LANGUAGES Mother tongue Fluent Reading knowledge - Hungarian - English - German, Russian INTERESTS Scientific: Reading: Music: Hobbies: mathematics (differential equations), physics (general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics in astronomy) science fiction, classics baroque, classical and romantic skiing, surfing, playing bridge

4 4 Implications of REACH for the Industry Impacts on Research and Innovation As a researcher who spent 34 years in the area of process development for the chemical industry, my main message is: Profit is the key source for R&D spending and investments therefore any costs incurred through REACH will impact upon this area. Furthermore, investors will decide to spend money only in growth areas that offer a good return on investment and a surety related to this return. They therefore investors will support the chemical industry only if they have confidence in it. Without a strong, highly innovative chemical industry the European Union will not survive against the global competition! There are many different and controversial views about the impacts of REACH on research and innovation. However, to support the EU economy in being the most advanced in the world, all the negative impacts of REACH related to innovation must be completely eliminated. Indeed, as the Cefic Scenarios 2015 study has shown, the future of the European chemical industry is highly dependent on the driver innovation and hence the European business environment must be 100% innovation-friendly. What are the negative impacts? The present proposals for REACH will erode the profits not only of the chemical industry, but also of the downstream industrial partners that use chemical products. Less profit means less spending

5 5 on R&D and less investment generally. About 10-40% of the small volume products in the fine and specialty chemicals sector may be withdrawn from the market, not because of health or environmental hazard they pose, but primarily for economic reasons; that means less substances to select from for new applications in the R&D process and greater resource needs for reformulation; The best qualified experts at companies and authorities will spend much of their time understanding and implementing REACH, taking that time away from working on innovations and research; REACH has cast a shadow over the entire chemical industry that will result in R&D taking place outside the EU and promoting the diversion of investments from the EU to other places in the world. Substitution will not be a driver for innovation as this is a reactive effect and is not considered a quality that supports freethinking and innovation. Even though REACH has some positive impacts that may reflect on innovation in the long term, e.g. notification of new substances, the positive effects on the industry are outweighed by negative effects.

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