Keyword: European Commission (EC)

Markets & Companies

EU Energy and Supply: What Will Happen Next?

26.10.2022 -

The European Commission proposed last month an emergency intervention in Europe’s energy markets to address recent dramatic price rises as the EU faces the effects of a...

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Commission Probes Aid to Polish MCAA Plant

05.11.2019 - The European Commission is investigating whether Polish state aid of €39 million granted to chemical company PCC MCAA for building a monochloroacetic acid (MCAA) plant was in line...

Markets & Companies

Chemical Industry Welcomes Brexit Deal but Holds its Breath

29.11.2018 - The UK chemical industry was quick to support a draft UK-European Union Brexit withdrawal agreement when it was published in mid-November. “We have given it a cautious welcome,”...

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MEPs Vote to Ban Single-use Plastics

29.10.2018 - The European Parliament has voted 571 against 53 (with 54 abstentions) for an EU-wide plan to completely ban a raft of single-use plastics in a bid to stop marine pollution...

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Linde-Praxair Merger Wins EU Approval

22.08.2018 - As expected, the European Commission has put its seal of approval on the proposed merger of leading industrial gases producers Linde of Germany and Praxair. The green light came...

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Juncker Trip Defuses EU-US Trade Spat

27.07.2018 - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was being hailed as somewhat of a miracle worker after it appeared the US and EU had agreed to end an impending transatlantic...

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CEFIC Comments on the European Commission’s REACh Review

10.03.2018 - The European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) issued a statement commenting on the publication on March 5, 2018 of the European Commission’s REACh review (REACh Refit evaluation)...

Strategy & Management

World Alliance for Efficient Solutions

11.12.2017 - Following the success of the first solar flight around the world, the Solar Impulse Foundation has officially launched the second phase of its action – the World Alliance for...