Keyword: European Commission (EC)

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EU Committee Identifies DEHP as Endocrine Disruptor

19.12.2014 - The EU's member state committee (MSC) has unanimously agreed to identify the phthalate DEHP as a "substance of very high concern" (SVHC) to the environment but could not agree on...

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Nordic Countries Pressure EU on Endocrine Disruptors

04.12.2014 - The Nordic Council, representing the governments of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, has called on the European Commission to accelerate plans for identifying...

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EP Environment Committee Backs GM Flexibility

13.11.2014 - The European Parliament's Environment Committee has voted in favor of allowing EU member states to restrict or ban cultivation of GMO crops on their own soil, even if the European...

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European Plastics Industry Addresses Competition Hurdles

10.11.2014 - In a Manifesto on the Competitiveness of the Plastics Industry in Europe presented at a conference held in Brussels on Nov.4, the two organizations representing plastics producers...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

CO2 Utilization for a Sustainable Future

03.11.2014 - Over the last few years Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) technologies have grown from initial stages to highly dynamic topics in research projects and industrial applications...

Strategy & Management

European Chemical Industry: Hope Amid Economic Woes

28.10.2014 - The European chemical industry has reduced its forecast growth in chemicals output in 2014 in the face of evidence of an economic slowdown both in Europe and in the world's fast...

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EU Approves Huntsman’s Acquisition of Rockwood Businesses

16.09.2014 - The European Commission has cleared Huntsman's proposed acquisition of a number of Rockwood's chemical businesses in exchange for Huntsman's promise to divest its TR52 portfolio...

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Air Liquide Opens First Public Hydrogen Station

11.09.2014 - Air Liquide inaugurated its first hydrogen filling station for fuel cell vehicles in the Netherlands at the beginning of September in Rotterdam. The French industrial gases...