06.05.2014
- Beyond This Year's Growth - Major chemical markets are heading for further improvement this year, according to the latest global business update from the German chemical industry...
09.04.2014
- After months of wrangling, Germany and the EU have settled their differences over whether energy intensive companies can remain exempt from paying a surcharge to support the...
13.02.2014
- As expected, the European Commission has opened proceedings against Germany for granting special privileges to energy-intensive companies under the renewable energy act (EEG) and...
11.02.2014
- Regulation - The European Commission's review of REACh has concluded that there is no need for any major changes in the legislation -at least for the moment. This has been welcomed...
30.12.2013
- Germany's chemical industry association Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI) has warned that the country's government must take seriously plans by the European Union (EU) to...
17.12.2013
- EU competition commissioner Joaquin Alumina is set to open proceedings against Germany on 18 December for its rebates to energy intensive companies engaged in international...
27.11.2013
- In another communication expressing its growing frustration with the lack of clarity as to the energy policy of the new German federal government still being negotiated, the...
18.11.2013
- As part of the long-running discussion about German energy priorities in the country's post-nuclear age, which has taken center stage in the negotiations on forming a new federal...
10.09.2013
- The committee of small and medium-sized enterprises within the German chemical industry association Verband der chemischen Industrie (VCI) has joined the swelling chorus of voices...
12.07.2013
- After the first six months of 2013, a clear business trend for Germany's chemical producers has not yet materialized, Karl-Ludwig Kley, president of the industry association...
