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19 March 2023
JOINT POSITION PAPER | NATURE RESTORATION LAW
Position paper
Please find the full position paper here.
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Environment
3 May 2021
JOINT INDUSTRY STATEMENT | KEY MESSAGES ON THE TARGETED STAKEHOLDER SURVEY (TSS) ON THE E-PRTR REGULATION REVISION
Publication
Please consult here the joint statement regarding the key messages on the Targeted Stakeholder Survey (TSS) on the E-PRTR Regulation revision.
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Environment
12 April 2021
JOINT INDUSTRY STATEMENT | CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY OPTIONS IN CONTEXT OF THE TARGETED STAKEHOLDERS SURVEY ON THE REVISION OF THE INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS DIRECTIVE
Publication
Please consult here the joint statement regarding climate change policy options considered in context of the TSS on the revision of the IED.
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Chemicals
1 April 2019
FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS: PUBLIC CONSULTATION
News
On 11 February 2019, the European Commission opened a public consultation to assess the current EU legislative framework for food contact materials.
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Chemicals
28 March 2019
UPDATE ON TITANIUM DIOXIDE CLASSIFICATION PROPOSAL
News
On 7 March 2019, the REACH Committee vote on whether to classify Titanium Dioxide as a carcinogen was again postponed; new vote scheduled on 8-9 April 2019.
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Chemicals
26 February 2019
NEPSI ROADMAP
News
On 26 February 2019, NEPSI, the European Network for Silica, launched a Joint Declaration on a roadmap of actions for the future development of the Social Dialogue Agreement.
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Chemicals
25 February 2019
CMD 2 SIGNED BY PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL
News
On 11 December, the 2nd batch of the Carcinogens & Mutagens Directive was adopted by the European Parliament and approved by the Council on 20 December 2018. The act entered into force on 20 February 2019.
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Chemicals
26 October 2018
CMD 2 AGREEMENT GOES TO TRILOGUE
News
On 26 October 2018, the European Parliament and the Council agreed on the Commission's second proposal to broaden the list of recognised cancer-causing chemicals in the workplace.
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Chemicals
1 October 2018
EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP
Meeting
On 24 September, the European Commission began the evaluation process for the EU’s food contact materials legislation with a stakeholder workshop.
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Chemicals
2 July 2018
EPCF LUNCH ON FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS
Meeting
On 26 June, the EPCF Informal Lunch Debate on the revision of the Directive (EC) 84/500/EEC, "the Ceramic Directive".
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REACH
12 June 2018
REACH & OSH DISCUSSION AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
News
On the 5th of June the cross industry initiative for a better regulation in chemicals management (CII) organised a European Parliament dinner debate on “enhancing synergies between REACH and OSH”.
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Chemicals
10 May 2018
CARCINOGENS & MUTAGENS (BATCH 2): VOTE AND TRILOGUE NEGOTIATIONS
News
Agreement close amongst the EU institutions on the second revision of the Carcinogens & Mutagens Directive.
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Chemicals
2 May 2018
FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS MEETING WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
News
Representatives from the European ceramics industry met with officials from the European Commission to exchange on the latest review of Food Contact Materials legislation.
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Chemicals
24 April 2018
CARACAL MEETING: TITANIUM DIOXIDE UPDATE
News
CARACAL technical meeting on TiO2 held 23 April in Brussels. Member States remain divided over whether TiO2 should be considered for the Adaptation to Technical Progress (ATP). CU does not support moving Titanium Dioxide to be considered under ATP.
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Chemicals
20 April 2018
COAL TAR PITCH MEETING WITH ECHA
News
Eurometaux organised a technical meeting with the European Chemicals Agency to discuss authorisation applications of coal tar pitch. Refractory Products Europe, a Cerame-Unie member, was in attendance.
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Chemicals
4 January 2018
FCM REVISION ROADMAP
News
Food contact materials (FCMs) are all materials that come into contact with food including packaging as well as every-day items such as kitchen and table ware and those used in professional food manufacturing, preparation, storage and distribution.
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Chemicals
27 December 2017
CARCINOGENS AND MUTAGENS DIRECTIVE, FIRST WAVE OF AMENDMENTS – PUBLISHED IN OFFICIAL JOURNAL
News
On 11 July 2017, the COREPER voted an agreement reached by the Council presidency, the European Commission and the European Parliament on a new Directive to protect the workers from exposure to carcinogens or mutagens in the workplace
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Environment
20 December 2017
CERAMICS BREF POSTPONED UNTIL AT LEAST 2019
News
The Ceramic BREF is an important document for the ceramic industry as it provides the legal basis for factory permits in the EU under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
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Chemicals
17 July 2017
NEPSI SIGNATORIES PRESS RELEASE
News
The Council and European Parliament has reached an agreement on the first wave revision of the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (CMD). Both Council and Parliament are now expected to adopt the text in September 2017.
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Environment
8 June 2017
ACTION PLAN FOR NATURE, PEOPLE AND THE ECONOMY
News
Cerame-Unie attended a joint European Commission and Committee of the Regions conference to launch “An Action Plan for nature, people, and the economy”
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Chemicals
9 February 2017
CERAME-UNIE POSITION ON CMD
News
Ahead of the vote in the EP Employment and Social Affairs Committee on the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive, scheduled for 28 February, the European ceramic industry has prepared its position position on the amendments tabled.
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Chemicals
20 December 2016
CERAMIC BREF REVISION
News
The official start of the revision of the Ceramic BREF has been further postponed by at least half a year to 2018.
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Chemicals
12 December 2016
CARCINOGENS AND MUTAGENS DIRECTIVE DEBATED IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
News
EP rapporteur Ulvskog presented her draft report on the revision of the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive on 8 December.
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Chemicals
31 October 2016
FEPF ATTENDED THE SIXTH JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE (JRC) WORKSHOP ON CERAMICS
News
FEPF, the Cerame-Unie member association representing the European ceramic table- and ornamentalware, attended the sixth Joint Research Centre (JRC) workshop on ceramics on 25 October 2016 in Ispra, Italy.
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Environment
29 October 2016
FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS
News
FEPF, the Cerame-Unie member association representing the European ceramic table- and ornamentalware, attended the sixth Joint Research Centre (JRC) workshop on ceramics on 25 October 2016 in Ispra, Italy.
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REACH
6 October 2016
PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON REACH AUTORISATION PROPOSALS
News
Cerame-Unie/PRE replied to the public consultation launched by the European Commission (EC) in September, regarding the proposal to amend the REACH Annex XIV authorisation list.
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Chemicals
1 September 2016
NEPSI CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY
News
The conference celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the NEPSI Agreement took place on 16 June. This event took place in the light of the recently proposed revision of the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (CMD).
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Chemicals
1 September 2016
POSSIBLE HARMONIZED CLASSIFICATION OF TIO2
News
On 31 May, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) has submitted a proposal to ECHA for a harmonised classification of Titanium Dioxide
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Chemicals
1 September 2016
PRE ACTIVITIES ON COAL TAR PITCH, HIGH TEMPERATURE
News
The substance Coal Tar Pitch High Temperature (CTPHT) was recommended in September 2014 for inclusion in the Annex XIV of Reach, the so-called Authorisation List. It was followed by a public consultation to which PRE replied.
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Environment
1 September 2016
CERAME-UNIE PREPARES FOR CERAMICS BREF REVISION
News
The current Ceramic Manufacturing Industry Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference document, the so-called Ceramic BREF, was published in 2007 and is going to be reviewed officially in 2017.
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Chemicals
13 May 2016
RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA PROPOSED TO AMEND ANNEX OF CMD
News
The European Commission adopted a proposal to amend Directive 2004/37 on the protection of workers from the risk related to exposure to carcinogens and mutagens at work (CMD). Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) is one of the substances proposed.
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REACH
9 May 2016
CROSS-INDUSTRY GROUP LAUNCHES WEBSITE IN SUPPORT OF BETTER REGULATION INITIATIVE FOR CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT
News
The Cross-Industry Initiative (CII), an ad-hoc coalition of nearly 60 EU-wide, national organisations and companies, of which Cerame-Unie is part, has launched a new website to better inform policy makers of its goals and arguments.
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Chemicals
4 April 2016
NEPSI 2016 REPORTING EXERCISE CONCLUDED
News
The 2016 NEPSI reporting exercise started on 15 January 2016 and closed on 4 April 2016.
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REACH
26 January 2016
REACH AUTHORISATION ANNEX XIV - PROCESS ONGOING
News
Discussions on the possible inclusion of Refractory Ceramic Fibres, Borates and Coal tar pitch, high temperature in the REACH Authorisation list (Annex XIV) are ongoing.
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Chemicals
15 January 2016
NEPSI 2016 REPORTING EXERCISE STARTS UP
News
NEPSI, the European Network for Silica, was formed in 2006 to implement good practices with respect to the handling of crystalline silica sand on a voluntary basis. The 2016 reporting exercise will start on 15 January and end on 15 March.
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Environment
16 December 2015
AIR POLICY DISCUSSIONS IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
News
In recent months, discussions progressed in the European Parliament on the Medium Combustion plants Directive (MCPD) and the Reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants (NECD).
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Environment
15 December 2015
CU TASK FORCE AHEAD OF CERAMIC BREF REVISION
News
The European Commission is expected to start revising the Ceramic BREF in 2017. In order to prepare for the revision, Cerame-Unie set up a Task Force composed of BREF experts from all ceramic sectors.
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REACH
16 November 2015
RECOMMENDATIONS BY EU-WIDE CROSS-INDUSTRY INITIATIVE FOR BETTER REGULATION IN CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT
Position paper
This paper constitutes a revisited version of an earlier position paper, which is complemented with more comprehensive subject-specific reports. The general message transmitted by the original paper remains unchanged.
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Chemicals
12 October 2015
FIFTH JRC WORKSHOP IN ISPRA, ITALY
News
FEPF, the Cerame-Unie member association representing the European ceramic table- and ornamentalware, attended the fifth Joint Research Centre (JRC) workshop on ceramics on 12 October in Ispra, Italy.
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Chemicals
10 December 2014
SCIENTIFIC WORK ONGOING ON CERAMIC FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS
News
The European Reference Laboratory for Food Contact Materials (EURL-FCM) organised a fourth workshop in Ispra, Italy on 10 December 2014, which was attended by a strong delegation from Cerame-Unie.
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Environment
16 June 2014
NO ECO-DESIGN NECESSARY FOR INDUSTRIAL FURNACES
Position paper
Cerame-Unie supports the outcome of the Consultation Forum which was held on 16 May concluding that no eco-design requirements for industrial furnaces should be developed.
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Chemicals
10 June 2014
FOOD CONTACT LEGISLATION: TECHNICAL RESEARCH ONGOING
News
The European Reference Laboratory organised a third workshop in Ispra, Italy on 10 June 2014 to discuss the ongoing laboratory tests on the migration of different metals from ceramic tableware.
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Chemicals
14 March 2014
THIRD NEPSI REPORTING CONCLUDED
News
The third NEPSI reporting ended on 14 March 2014. The purpose of this voluntary exercise is to demonstrate the industry’s commitment to and continued improvement in dealing with respirable crystalline silica.
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REACH
23 August 2013
COMMENTS ON REACH ANNEX XV RESTRICTION REPORT
Position paper
This position paper outlines the arguments for exempting all ceramic consumer articles from the proposed restriction in Annex XVII on lead and its compounds.
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Raw materials
28 June 2013
NON-ENERGY EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES PANEL ON RESOURCE TAXATION
Position paper
The Non-Energy Extractive Industries Panel detail that the tax on mineral resources is a non-adequate fiscal tool for increasing resource efficiency and that tax neutrality is hard to achieve at EU level yet remains a must for competitiveness.
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Environment
26 April 2013
12 INDUSTRIES FIND NO NEED FOR ECO-DESIGN FOR INDUSTRIAL KILNS AND FURNACES
Position paper
Custom designed industrial kilns and furnaces are already sufficiently regulated – an eco-design regulation for these installations is not needed.
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Raw materials
20 March 2013
NEEIP ON PROPOSAL TO AMEND DIRECTIVE ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Position paper
The Non Energy Extractive Industry Panel (NEEIP) comments on the proposal of the Commission to amend Directive 2011/92/EU on environmental impact assessment.
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Raw materials
2 February 2011
CERAME-UNIE WELCOMES COMMUNICATION ON RAW MATERIALS
Press release
The Commission presented its long awaited Communication on commodity markets and raw materials. The document contributes to the Europe 2020 flagship initiative ‘A resource efficient Europe’.
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