Keyword: European Commission (EC)

Strategy & Management

EU ETS Draft Manages to Strike a Delicate Balance

10.11.2017 - The European Chemical Council CEFIC, the European Parliament and the European Commission have reached a provisional political deal on reforming the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU...

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EU’s Glyphosate Vote Fails Yet Again

10.11.2017 - For the second time in two weeks and the sixth time altogether, an EU expert panel has failed to agree on whether to extend the license of the herbicide chemical glyphosate at all...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Going Digital

03.04.2017 - In this digital era, in which suppliers, distributors, business partners and customers are each time more interconnected and linked to other networks around the world, the...

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Associations Warn EC on China Anti-dumping

20.10.2016 - Three German trade associations from the chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering industries have issued a joint statement urging the European Commission to cooperate with...

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EU Reopens Dow-DuPont Probe

05.10.2016 - The European Commission has reopened its probe into the planned $130 billion merger of US chemical giants after the companies provided additional data. The EU regulatory authority...

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German Group Urges Ban on BPA-coated Receipts

01.06.2016 - Germany’s Friends of the Earth affiliate, BUND, has appealed to producers of thermal paper cashier receipts to replace the controversial chemicals bisphenol A (BPA) and bisphenol S...

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EC Probes State Aid for Oltchim

11.04.2016 - The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to determine whether Romania’s decision to write off debts at state-controlled petrochemical company Oltchim breaches...

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French MPs Back Outright Ban on Neonics

05.04.2016 - France’s lower house of the country’s parliament, Assemblée Nationale (National Assembly), has voted to place an outright ban on the use of all neonicotinoid insecticides in the...