Keyword: European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC)

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CEFIC Says Chemicals Can Help Decarbonize Transport

27.07.2016 - Commenting on the European Commission’s publication last week of its strategy to decarbonize the EU transport sector, Marco Mensink, director general of the European Chemistry...

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EU Regulatory Costs Double in Ten Years

18.07.2016 - A study just released by the European Commission, the Cumulative Cost Assessment (CCA) for the EU Chemical Industry shows that the annual cost for chemical companies to comply with...

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Britain in Uncertainty

15.07.2016 - As the reality, and increasingly the finality, of Britain’s June 23 vote to leave the European Union began to sink in, chemical and pharmaceutical producers across the country in...

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EU Chemicals Growth Still Lags, CEFIC Says

07.07.2016 - Chemical production in the 28 EU member states shrank by 0.7% year-on-year on average in the first four months of 2016 and thus remained 5.9% below the pre-crisis 2008 level, the...

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CEFIC to Give Views on Europe’s ETS Reform

27.06.2016 - The European Parliament will hold an event on Jun. 28 to discuss and assess the impact of the Emissions Trading System (ETS) as it works towards gathering evidence to support the...

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Waking up to Brexit’s Bitter Aftertaste

27.06.2016 - As the world woke up on Jun. 24 to the news that the United Kingdom had voted to leave the European Union, disbelief was strong – all the more as most people had gone to bed the...

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EU Chemical Industry Offers Data to Support ETS Reform

20.06.2016 - The EU chemical industry calls for a reformed European Emissions Trading System (ETS) that enables allocation of free carbon allowances based on recent industry production and...

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CEFIC says European Chemical Business Flat

03.06.2016 - European chemical production in the first quarter of 2016 was almost on the level of the 2015 quarter, as no significant changes in the business climate were seen, the European...