Newsletter September-October 2014

Newsletter Issue 6 - September/October 2014

Fecc Membership Meeting 2014

EU Regulatory Landscape and the impact on the Chemical Industry NOVEMBER 12, 2014

We are pleased to invite you to the 2014 Fecc

Programme for simplifying and reducing administrative

Membership Meeting and Evening Reception to

burdens for businesses in the EU.

celebrate

Fecc’s

60th

Anniversary

at

the

Steigenberger Grandhotel in Brussels on November 12, 2014.

This year, we have invited speakers who are wellknown for their expertise. For the afternoon session, we will have Jonathan Stoodley from the European

This year’s afternoon session and the evening speech

Commission who will elaborate about the Smart

will focus on the challenges faced by companies and

Regulation and Refit programme at the European level

the impact of the EU regulatory framework on the

and we will also have Ulrike Schmülling from the

industry. This meeting will give us an overview of the

German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) who will

ongoing initiatives in the regulatory landscape and

tell us more about these ongoing initiatives and the

help us understand their role in improving the overall

challenges faced by companies.

quality and coherence of EU legislation affecting the chemical industry.

During the evening reception, we will be celebrating Fecc’s 60th Anniversary and our special guest and Key

Because the chemical industry is highly regulated,

Note Speaker is

Gwenole Cozigou, Director for

achieving full regulatory compliance in the most cost

Chemicals,

effective way is a true challenge for companies. Many

Construction Industries, Raw Materials, in the

initiatives such as the Smart Regulation Programme or

European

the High Level Group on Administrative Burdens, we

Directorate-General.

set up to advise the Commission on the Action

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Metals,

Mechanical,

Commission

Enterprise

Electrical and

and

Industry

Inside this issue Members’ news Fecc Activities EU Chemicals Legislation Logistics

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GTDP International Trade EU & Other News Calendar

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Members’ news

Azelis Coatings extends agreement with Allnex in Germany and Austria Effective August 1st, 2014, Azelis announced that it has extended its co-operation with Allnex, a leading manufacturer of performance materials for all coating applications.

For the first time, Azelis will offer the complete range of Allnex liquid resins, additives and cross linkers across Germany and Austria for selected customers. Previously Azelis only distributed part of the product range in Germany.

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Azelis announces a number of internal changes in corporate and regional senior management appointments, as part of an on-going programme to optimise synergies and exchange skills and knowledge within the Group: Ultimately to drive profitable growth.

Anna Bertona, previously Group VP Strategic Planning & Implementation is appointed Chief Strategy & Principals

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Dr. René Manski, Regional Business Manager Azelis Coatings DACH adds, “We are delighted that Allnex has chosen us to fully represent them in Germany and Austria.

We already work together well and our dedicated coatings team will use market and product knowledge, backed by Allnex’ technical expertise, to help our customers anticipate market expectations and give them a competitive advantage.”

Azelis is now able to distribute high performance waterborne, solventborne and phenolic resins, as well as additives and crosslinkers from Allnex. The Azelis Coatings Lab will also provide further technical support including formulation and application testing.

Both companies look forward to building upon the success already achieved in the paint and inks, building and construction, adhesives and varnish sectors.

corporate and regional management appointments

senior

Officer and also becomes a member of the Azelis Executive Committee. Anna Bertona is responsible for Principal Management & Development and for ensuring the definition and implementation of the Group and International Business strategies, their translation into action plans at a regional and local level and to drive group-wide improvement programs.

place, I truly believe that we will grow rapidly over the coming years.”

Anna Bertona comments, “It is an exciting time to be part of the Azelis story right now. With strong leadership, strategic focus and the sound financial springboard that we have in

For more information: http:// www.azelis.com

At a regional level, Benoit Fritz, currently Group VP Business & Principal Development Europe & Americas is appointed Regional Managing Director Benelux France, replacing Michel Vandermeiren who takes on the role as Regional Managing Director Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH).

Members’ news

Brenntag further strengthens its business in India Brenntag, the global market leader in chemical distribution, has signed an agreement to acquire the specialties chemicals distribution business of Pioma Chemicals, a leading distributor of specialty excipients and functional ingredients to the pharmaceutical, personal care and food industries across India. The transaction will be structured as an asset deal and the acquired business will become part of Brenntag India, headquartered in Mumbai.

With this acquisition Brenntag is further strengthening its growing business in India by expanding the local and regional strategic supplier and customer relationships and improving the product portfolio of additional high quality products.

Henri Néjade, President and CEO of Brenntag Asia Pacific: “This acquisition enables us to expand our position in the Indian specialties

distribution market even further, following our successful acquisition of the Zytex distribution business last year. India is one of the largest distribution markets in Asia and the expansion of our business proves once more our commitment to this region and to our business partners operating in this region. This new business will broaden our product portfolio and therefore facilitates an acceleration in the growth of Brenntag in India.”

The acquired business is expected to generate total sales of approximately EUR 17.2 million.

Closing of the transaction is expected in the course of September 2014.

Barentz opens an office in South Africa

With a main office in Johannesburg and a representation in Cape Town, Barentz South Africa will initially serve customers in South Africa, with a plan to expand into the Sub-Saharan African countries. Paul Vet has been appointed to manage the African operations and to serve customers in all the Barentz industries – Food & Nutrition, Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care and Animal Nutrition. Paul Vet has a long history in the food ingredients industry, most recently as Managing Director for Danisco Sub-Saharan Africa and prior to that as Technical Director for several Divisions of Tiger Brands, South Africa’s biggest Food Producer.

“Being in South Africa is a logical step for us,” says Hidde van der Wal, CEO of Barentz International.

“With 55 million people, South Africa is a substantial market for the food industry. South

Africa has seen a rise in the income of the middle class, giving way to the growth of large food retail stores like Shoprite Checkers, Pick ’n Pay, Woolworths and Spar. To supply these retail stores with food and beverage products, many leading global and local companies have established factories in Sub-Saharan Africa, needing high quality ingredients to produce their world class products.”

Operating from Johannesburg, Barentz will focus on establishing itself as a preferred supplier to the leading food & nutrition companies in the Sub Saharan countries, before developing the ingredients and additives business for the Pharmaceutical and Personal Care industries.

With over 1 billion people, the Sub Saharan territories represent an major opportunity for growth for Barentz and its major suppliers.

Barentz South Africa will offer a full range of ingredients and solutions to the food & nutrition market.

Read full article here.

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Members’ news

Intergration of Pigmentan Business into Banner Chemicals UK Environmentally friendly anti-corrosive pigments Banner Chemicals UK and Pigmentan Ltd are pleased to announce that they have completed a Licensing Agreement to transfer all manufacturing and Worldwide marketing of the Pigmentan range of environmentally friendly anti-corrosive pigments to Banner Chemicals UK (part of 2M Holdings Ltd.). The Pigmentan product range is

complimentary to the existing portfolio offered by the Specialty Chemicals Business Unit of Banner Chemicals UK and we confidently expect that existing Pigmentan customers and Distributors will benefit from the additional resource created by the involvement of Banner Chemicals UK. www.bannerchemicals.com

Calsil introduces tailored silicone Calsil inherits Caldics’ almost 45 years of specialty chemicals distribution, 30 years of which being in the high-end silicone supply-chain. From application knowledge, Calsil combines silicones with other chemicals and supply chain services to form a complete solution tailored to Cosmetics, Food, Chemicals, Construction and Machinery applications, to name just a few.

Calsil aggregates volumes, proposes the highest silicones standard at competitive prices, with flexible schedules and packaging, in full compliance with demanding key markets. From standard silicone polymers to functionalised intermediates, bespoke emulsions to calibrated dispersions, high-performance elastomers to heavy-duty adhesives, Calsil® is passionate about helping customers build their competitive advantage. www.caldic.com

Dow Announces New Executive Leadership The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced new executive leadership appointments to maintain the Company’s aggressive focus on executing against its strategic priorities to deliver sustainable earnings growth and increasingly reward shareholders.

More information on: http://www.dow.com transparency regarding our business focus and operations as we continue to implement proactive portfolio management and prioritize our resources for targeted, high-margin growth opportunities.”

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James (Jim) R. Fitterling has been named vice chairman, Business Operations Joe E. Harlan has been named chief commercial officer and vice chairman, Market Businesses Howard I. Ungerleider has been named chief financial officer, as announced earlier today

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Solvay inaugurates German specialty surfactant plant, expanding capacities close to markets and customers close to Berlin, took place in the presence of key customers, local officials and the Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt, Dr. Reiner Haseloff.

Solvay has inaugurated its specialty surfactants plant at the industrial park in Genthin, Germany, placing it in an excellent position to meet customer requirements in the fast-growing Central & Eastern European markets for Home & Personal, Agrochemicals and Oil & Gas markets.

The inauguration of the plant,

Today's inauguration marks the establishment of the first production unit of Solvay’s Global Business Unit Novecare in Germany and further expands Solvay’s regional presence, underscoring its commitment to the German domestic as well as neighboring central and eastern European markets.

“This investment illustrates our commitment to bolster our leading positions in specialty surfactants in Europe and to support the development of our customers with innovative specialty solutions,” said Emmanuel Butstraen,Solvay Novecare President.

For more information:, click here.

Krahn Chemie enters Italy through the acquisition of Pietro Carini Founded in 1868, Pietro Carini is a wellestablished player in the Italian market in which it represents some first-class chemical producers.

Pietro Carini has 27 employees and supplies speciality chemicals to the plastics, rubber, adhesives, sealants, inks, and coatings industries.

With the acquisition of Pietro Carini only one year after the takeover of ICH Benelux KRAHN CHEMIE consistently follows its regional growth strategy within Europe started in 2009. Italy is the third largest chemical distribution market in Europe and still very fragmented.

“The acquisition of Pietro Carini is a high strategic fit,” Axel Sebbesse, Managing Director of KRAHN CHEMIE, comments. “Pietro Carini provides us with a strong regional footprint and with a solid basis for further growth in the highly attractive Italian market. The long-term relationships to strategic suppliers and the in-depth local industry

expertise of the team of Pietro Carini will also strengthen our existing core business segments in Europe.”

Enrico Bozzi, Managing Director and coshareholder of Pietro Carini, states, “KRAHN CHEMIE is a strong partner for Pietro Carini. We both have a very similar market approach by providing added value for our customers through technically driven sales and distribution, close and reliable co-operations and a clear long-term commitment to the market. Being part of the KRAHN CHEMIE Group will ensure stability and sustainable growth for Pietro Carini in Italy – to the benefit of our customers and supplying partners. www.krahn.de

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Members’ news

Cornelius Group's rapid growth showcased in the Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 The Sunday Times International Track 200 ranks Britain's private companies with the fastest growing international sales, measured over the latest two years of available accounts. The company has achieved an impressive 21.97% of 2-year average international sales growth pa, and is the only UK chemical distributor featured on the list. The latest entity, Cornelius Rus LLC, was opened in Moscow in January last year, adding to the successful set up of Cornelius entities across Europe.

Managing Director International Markets, David Brown, said: "The Board decided 4 years ago that growing business Internationally through our existing Multinational customers would be a key strand of our strategy and it is pleasing to see those growth plans being successfully delivered. We are very proud to have achieved this listing in such a prestigious publication".

More information can be found here http:// www.fasttrack.co.uk

Akzonobel improves Performance Coatings set-up to drive leading performance focus on specific customer segments and technologies.

They will be: Marine Coatings, Metal Coatings, Powder Coatings, Protective Coatings, Specialty Coatings, Vehicle Refinishes and Wood Coatings.

AkzoNobel announced that it will establish a new organization for its Performance Coatings Business Area in order to drive leading performance.

The simplified new structure – due to become fully operational in January 2015 – will reduce the number of global management layers. As a result, Performance Coatings will be managed through seven Strategic Market Units under the leadership of Executive Committee Member Conrad Keijzer. The seven units will

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"Following the launch of our new strategy in 2013, we have initiated a process of change throughout the organization," explained AkzoNobel CEO Ton Büchner.

"This planned reduction in management layers will not only enhance decision-making efficiency, but we will also create an organization that is more customer focused, agile and lean.

"We consider these to be key elements with regard to driving leading performance," he added. "Because in addition to delivering on our organic

growth and operational excellence strategy, the changes will also improve our profitability and help to deliver on our 2015 targets and beyond."

The costs associated with this reorganization are included within the guidance of at least €250 million of total restructuring charges for 2014.

Performance Coatings is one of three Business Areas within AkzoNobel, operating alongside Decorative Paints and Specialty Chemicals. In 2013, Performance Coatings generated revenues of €5.6 billion and an operating income of €525 million, with 21,400 employees located worldwide.

Members’ news

WACKER Expands Thermal Insulation Systems Test Facility The Munich-based WACKER Group has built a new test facility for certifying modern external thermal insulation composite systems at its Burghausen site. The key features of the facility are two climatic chambers with weathering walls as per EOTA (European Organisation for Technical Approvals) guidelines.

They can be used to test exterior insulation systems under a wide variety of climatic conditions. The Group invested around €1 million in the expansion project. WACKER is thus extending its range of services and consulting offering for customers and partners, while meeting the globally rising demand for high-quality exterior insulation systems. For source and more information: http://www.wacker.com

IMCD acquires Danasia Inc., in the Philippines IMCD N.V., a global leader in the sales, marketing and distribution of speciality chemicals and food ingredients, announces that it has completed the acquisition of Danasia, Inc. in the Philippines.

Danasia, Inc., founded in 1993 and based in Makati City, is a distributor of leading brands of food and industrial ingredients from Europe, the USA and Asia-Pacific and has a strong foothold in the Philippines food industry. Mr Albert Stevens, IMCD’s VP Asia, comments on the deal: “We are delighted with the acquisition of Danasia. For more information: http://www.imcdgroup.com

Biesterfeld Spezialchemie Helvetia: New distribution partnership with Kelisema

Clariant to acquire Chinese healthcare packaging specialist VitaPac Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, today announced that it has signed a purchase agreement with VitaPac, a Chinese specialist for healthcare packaging. The owner-led company with 80 employees is based in Hong Kong with a production site in Dongguan, China. It had consolidated sales of about CHF 4. mio in 2013. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of the fourth quarter of 2014 and subject to regulatory approvals. VitaPac, founded in 1995, develops and manufactures a full range of high quality protective packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical, neutraceutical and food industries, as well as for the logistics and electronics sectors, mainly in the region of AsiaPacific (APAC). The company focuses on active sorbents and has built up a leading market position for desiccant packets for moisture adsorption. For source and more information, click here.

The Italian company Kelisema srl has appointed Biesterfeld Spezialchemie Helvetia GmbH as exclusive distributor of their product portfolio for LifeScience Cosmetics in Switzerland effective since September 01, 2014.

Kelisema, a family-owned company, has been founded in 1989 in Tavernerio, a North Italian town in the Lombardy. The company develops and produces high-quality vegetable protein hydrolysates, collagen, silk, keratin and milk protein hydrolysates for use in skin and hair care products and mild cosmetic cleansing products. For more information: www.biesterfeld-spezialchemie.com.

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Fecc Activities

Fecc welcomes Alexandra Mengesha as new Communications & Membership Development Manager We are pleased to inform you that Alexandra Mengesha has joined Fecc as the Communications and Membership Development Manager.

Alexandra brings more than 10 years of experience working in regulatory and trade research, Communications and membership management for international trade associations in Belgium and the United States. She is also very familiar with the chemical industry, particularly with cosmetics and personal care products. She has played a key role contributing in government relations and advocacy efforts related to international trade issues. Alexandra has a Masters in Communications and is fluent in French, English, Japanese and Amharic.

Food Safety Workshop: How to Comply as a Chemical Distributor On September 17, Fecc held its second product stewardship workshop on Food Safety and how to comply as a chemical distributor. The event hosted by SOLVAY, was a complete success with more than 75 participants. The meeting included presentations from high level experts, precisely on the Food Safety in the chemical supply chain, emphasizing on the various problems distributors are facing. In order to give the audience a good understanding of the different quality system in place, the seminar also offered a number of applicable and useful case studies to reflect the various points of view within the supply chain. The workshop was very well received by all and as a result, it opened new topics of discussions and triggered their interest on the legal aspect and the interpretations of the rules and regulations. Many were keen to learn more and get some clarifications about their respective responsibilities as distributors at the different level of the supply chain.

International Trade Committee 13 November 2014 The next International Trade Committee meeting will be held in Brussels on 13 November 2014 from 10.30 – 15 hrs.

If you are interested in attending please contact Joel DSilva – jds@fecc.org. www.fecc.org

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Fecc Activities

Farewell message from Camila Diaz ‘’As many of you already know, September 19 was my last day with Fecc. I want to especially thank you for all the support, insights and knowledge you have provided me over the past four years. It has been an honour to work with all of you. I will be leaving Belgium to study a MBA in Event Management, Protocol and Institutional Relationships in Madrid. I can be reached at my personal email address (diaz.cami@gmail.com). Please do keep in touch!“ Fecc would like to thank Camila for the great contribution, hard work and dedication that she has demonstrated over the last 4 years and we wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors!

EXCiPACTTM – Next Training course 18-19 November 2014 The next 2-day EXCiPACT™ Training Courses in Europe is to be held on November 18 and 19, 2014 at Fecc in Brussels.

The course is ideal for excipient suppliers looking to implement and be certified to EXCiPACT™ GMP and/ or GDP Standards. You will learn what auditors will be expected to see and understand their interpretation of the standards. This is the ideal course to identify what the GMP and GDP standards are all about and how they will be audited.

Equally excipient users should also benefit from attending, especially those involved in supplier qualification because your excipient suppliers could be offering you EXCiPACT™ Certificates (and audit reports) in future when you ask to audit them.

For more information and registration see – www.excipact.org or contact EXCiPACT™ Secretariat - training@excipact.org

See other dates on the “Calendar” section at the end of the Newsletter. www.fecc.org

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EU Chemicals Legislation

ECHA publishes a Practical Guide on the Biocidal Products Regulation The guide helps companies to meet their obligations under the Biocidal Products Regulation.

ECHA has published a Practical Guide on the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR). To help companies to better fulfil their obligations and tasks under the BPR, this Practical Guide is structured in sections describing what the principles behind each obligation are: who is concerned by the obligations; what are the relevant timelines and the deadlines; which are the information requirements; the procedure to follow and the expected results of the process. The guide also highlights the exceptions and particular cases for some of the processes. Finally, it lists the relevant fees for each obligation.

The guide which is now available on ECHA's website contains the following chapters:  approval of active substance  article 95: list of active substances and suppliers  technical equivalence  national authorisation  mutual recognition  renewal of national authorisation and authorisations subject to mutual recognition  union authorisation  simplified authorisation  changes of biocidal products  data sharing  appeals (on ECHA decisions) The following additional chapters are foreseen to be published in late October 2014:  renewal of approval of active substance  review of an approval of active substance  research and development Please find the Practical Guide on the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR)

Official Article 95 list for biocides published Following a correction exercise of the provisional list of active substances and suppliers, the first official Article 95 list under the Biocidal Products Regulation is now available on ECHA's website.

The list includes the names of substance suppliers, their countries and product suppliers for relevant biocidal active substances, together with information about which product-types (PTs) they are included for. Participants in the Review Programme, supporters of new active substances, and submitters of product authorisation applications where the application includes an alternative active substance dossier ("third party" dossier) are also listed.

The underlying aim of the Article 95 list is to establish a level playing field on the market for

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active substances.

From 1 September 2015, a biocidal product cannot be made available on the EU market unless either the substance supplier or the product supplier is included in the Article 95 list for the PT to which the product belongs.

ECHA will update the Article 95 list on a regular basis with suppliers who submit compliant applications.

The list of active substances and suppliers can be found here.

Please be aware, that nothing is stated in the legal text regarding the use of stocks, we are currently trying to clarify this point.

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New Biocides Transitional Guidance document on embalming products ECHA has published a Transitional Guidance document for the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) entitled "Efficacy Assessment for Product Type 22 Embalming Products".

The transitional document gives technical advice on how to perform an efficacy assessment for applications for authorisation for embalming products.

This Transitional Guidance document will be incorporated in due course into Volume II of the new BPR Guidance structure.

Please find further information on the ECHA website.

Non-EU companies to be indicated in the list of biocidal active substances and suppliers ECHA and the Commission have agreed to publish the company names of non-EU entities together with their EU-representatives in the Article 95 list of the Biocidal Products Regulation.

While preparing the publication of the first EU list of biocidal active substances and suppliers, namely the Article 95 list, ECHA has formally agreed with the European Commission that nonEU companies participating in the EU programme to review all existing biocidal active substances on the EU market (Review Programme) will be listed next to their EU representative. The same will apply for non-EU companies who have supported a new active substance.

To ensure equal treatment, all non-EU manufacturers will from now on have the possibility to appoint an EU representative for the purposes of the Article 95 list.

Non-EU companies participating in the Review Programme will be contacted by ECHA for more information about their EU-representatives. For those companies planning to make a submission representing non-EU entities, ECHA has modified the supporting document to include also this information.

From 1 September 2015, a biocidal product cannot be placed on the EU market if the substance supplier or product supplier is not included in the list for the product type to which the product belongs. It is therefore recommended that distributor check that their supplier is added on the Art 95 list.

Please find the list of active substances and suppliers more information about approved suppliers on the ECHA website.

REACH Authorisation Workshop 7 November 2014 The consultancies BiPRO GmbH and ENVIRON Germany GmbH, and the law firm Jones Day have joined together to organise two REACH Authorisation Workshops. The first workshop in Brussels on 7th November 2014 will focus on chemical supply and will be held in English. The second workshop in Munich on 11th December 2014 will focus on chemical downstream users and end product manufacturers and will be held in Germany.

Uta Jensen-Korte will be speaking on November 7 about “ How is REACH Authorisation Changing the Chemicals Market; Implications and Outlook “.

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ECHA provides advance notice on substances being considered for risk management From now on, ECHA's website will provide advance notice on the substances being considered by authorities for regulatory risk management, together with the routes that are being considered. The routes are for example harmonised classification and labelling, authorisation or restriction. The information is useful for many stakeholders, including manufacturers and importers of chemicals, downstream users and civil society.

As you may know the SVHC roadmap intends to include all relevant substances of very high concern on the Candidate List by 2020.

The aim of the advance notice is to increase the predictability and transparency of the process by which substances

are considered for regulatory risk management action. Early information enables stakeholders to be aware of the substances that may be addressed. It also gives registrants of those substances the opportunity to make sure that their registration data is up to date and to consider their business strategy in addressing these substances of potential concern. Finally, it gives all stakeholders the chance to gather information and prepare for possible future public consultations. The net effect will hopefully be more efficient and effective risk management of hazardous chemicals for all concerned.

The information is provided by the so called public activities coordination tool (PACT). It lists the substances to be

addressed and the risk management options being considered. Once completed, it will include the conclusion of the Risk Management Option Analysis (RMOA).

The RMOA aims to identify whether or not further regulatory risk management activities are needed for a substance and if so, to identify the most appropriate instrument to address the concern. The responsibility for the content of an RMOA lies with the authority which produced it. Once a risk management route has been decided upon, the usual consultation processes and decision making will take place e.g. Registry of Intentions, Candidate list etc.

Please find the list here:.

Registry of Intentions updated It is of paramount importance that industry keep an active eye on the intentions of Members States with regard to: SVHC, CLH and restrictions.

Therefore you will find below a summary of the new intentions recently introduced.

SVHC New proposals:  bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (EC 204-211-0)  2-benzotriazol-2-yl-4,6-di-tert-butylphenol (UV-320  Reaction mass of 2-ethylhexyl 10-ethyl-4,4dioctyl-7-oxo-8-oxa-3,5-dithia-4stannatetradecanoate (DOTE) and 2ethylhexyl 10-ethyl-4-[[2-[(2-ethylhexyl)oxy]-2 -oxoethyl]thio]-4-octyl-7-oxo-8-oxa-3,5-dithia4-stannatetradecanoate (MOTE)  dibutyl phthalate (EC 201-557-4) www.fecc.org

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2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6ditertpentylphenol (UV-328) diisobutyl phthalate (EC 201-553-2) benzyl butyl phthalate (EC 201-622-7) Cadmium sulphate (EC 233-331-6) Cadmium fluoride (EC 232-222-0) 2-ethylhexyl 10-ethyl-4,4-dioctyl-7-oxo-8-oxa3,5-dithia-4-stannatetradecanoate; DOTE (EC 239-622-4)

CLH New intentions:  hexythiazox,  2-butoxyethanol,  propane-1,2-diol  2-methylimidazole  Benfluralin  Dazomet  pymetrozine (ISO)

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a reaction mass of 1-[2-(2-aminobutoxy) ethoxy]but-2-ylamine and 1-({[2-(2aminobutoxy)ethoxy]methyl}propoxy)but-2ylamine pymetrozine (ISO); (E)-4,5-dihydro-6-methyl-4(3-pyridylmethyleneamino)-1,2,4-triazin-3(2H)one Momfluorothrin (S-1563)*; 2,3,5,6-Tetrafluoro -4-(methoxymethyl)benzyl (Z)-(1R,3R)-3-(2cyanoprop-1-enyl)-2,2dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate *CAS number 609346-29-4 Oxathiapiprolin (ISO); 1-(4-{4-[(5RS)-5-(2,6difluorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl]1,3-thiazol-2-yl}-1-piperidyl)-2-[5-methyl-3(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]ethanone Ipconazole (ISO) 5-fluoro-1,3-dimethyl-N-[2-(4-methylpentan-2yl)phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide Methyl 4-[(4,5-dihydro-3-methoxy-4-methyl-5oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)carbonylsulfamoyl]-5methylthiophene-3-carboxylate N-(hydroxymethyl)acrylamide (NMA) potassium permanganate Medetomidine

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Cyproconazole Dichlofluanid reaction products of paraformaldehyde and 2hydroxypropylamine (ratio 1:1), benzo[rst]pentaphene 3,3'-dicyclohexyl-1,1'-methylenebis(4,1phenylene)diurea Dibutyltin dilaurate New removal: The German Competent Authority has also submitted a dossier recommending removal of the existing classification and labelling in Annex VI of CLP for the chemical 3,3'dicyclohexyl-1,1'-methylenebis(4,1-phenylene) diurea Quizalofop-P-tefuryl; (+/-) tetrahydrofurfuryl (R)-2-[4-(6-chloroquinoxalin-2-yloxy) phenyloxy]propionate (EC 414-200-4) metaldehyde; 2,4,6,8-tetramethyl-1,3,5,7tetraoxacyclooctane (EC 203-600-2) methylhydrazine (EC 200-471-4) d-tetramethrin; (1,3-dioxo-1,3,4,5,6,7hexahydro-2H-isoindol-2-yl)methyl (1R,3R)-2,2 -dimethyl-3-(2-methylprop-1-en-1-yl) cyclopropanecarboxylate (EC 214-619-0) tetramethrin; (1,3-dioxo-1,3,4,5,6,7-hexahydro -2H-isoindol-2-yl)methyl 2,2-dimethyl-3-(2methylprop-1-en-1-yl) cyclopropanecarboxylate (EC 231-711-6) anthraquinone (EC 201-549-0).

ECHA - An elaboration of key aspects of the authorization process in the context of aviation industry Please find further information on the ECHA website.

First decision on an application to use a substance subject to authorisation The European Commission issued on 9 August 2014 its first decision to authorise a specific use of plasticiser Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) during the diffusion bonding and manufacture of aero engine fan blades. The authorisation is valid till 21 February 2022. The authorisation holder is Rolls-Royce plc.

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ECHA's scientific committees give green-light on specific uses of DEHP and DBP ECHA's Committees for Risk Assessment and Socio-economic Analysis (RAC and SEAC) have adopted opinions on an application for authorisation from Roxel (UK Rocket Motors) Ltd. This application concerned i) the industrial use of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and ii) dibutyl phthalate (DBP) in the manufacture of solid propellants and motor charges for rockets and tactical missiles and iii) on the industrial use of dibutyl phthalate (DBP) within a specialty paint in the manufacture of motors for rockets and tactical missiles.

The Committees concluded that the applicant had demonstrated adequate control and proposed to review the authorisation in four years, in line with the requested review period. The European Commission will make the final decision on the application, based on ECHA's opinions.

Please find further information on the ECHA website.

9 new substances added to Authorisation list On 19 August, the Commission added nine new substances on the Authorisation List (Annex XIV) of the REACH Regulation. These substances of very high concern had been prioritised by ECHA in January 2013 and are used, for instance, as solvents, anti-corrosion or curing agents.         

Formaldehyde, oligomeric reaction products with aniline (technical MDA) Arsenic acid Bis(2-methoxyethyl) ether (Diglyme) 1,2-Dichloroethane (EDC) 2,2'-dichloro-4,4'-methylenedianiline (MOCA) Dichromium tris(chromate) Strontium chromate Potassium hydroxyoctaoxodizincatedichromate Pentazinc chromate octahydroxide

The latest application dates range from February 2016 to July 2017. The Authorisation List currently contains a total of 31 substances. Please find the Autorisation List on the ECHA website:

ECHA draft 6th Annex XIV recommendation - public consultation ECHA has launched a public consultation on its draft recommendation of new substances to be included in the Authorisation List. Comments can be submitted by 30 November 2014. In parallel, ECHA facilitates a call by the European Commission on the possible socio-economic consequences of the inclusion of these substances in Annex XIV. ECHA regularly recommends substances from the Candidate List for inclusion in the Authorisation List (Annex XIV of REACH) to the European Commission. Based on an assessment of the data from the registration dossiers and other available information, and the initial consultation of the Member State Committee, ECHA considers recommending the following priority substances: 

Two substances obtained from coal tar: Anthracene oil; Pitch, coal tar, high temp.

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Seven lead substances: Orange lead (lead tetroxide); Lead monoxide (lead oxide); Tetralead trioxide sulphate; Pentalead tetraoxide sulphate; Silicic acid, lead salt; Pyrochlore, antimony lead yellow; Acetic acid, lead salt, basic.  Four boron substances: Boric acid; Disodium tetraborate, anhydrous; Diboron trioxide; Tetraboron disodium heptaoxide, hydrate.  Seven phthalates: Diisopentylphthalate; 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, di-C6-8-branched alkyl esters, C7-rich; 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, di-C7-11-branched and linear alkyl esters; 1,2Benzenedicarboxylic acid, dipentylester, branched and linear; Bis(2-methoxyethyl) phthalate; N-pentylisopentylphthalate; Dipentyl phthalate.  4-Nonylphenol, branched and linear, ethoxylated.  1-Bromopropane (n-propyl bromide).

Using the webforms available on ECHA's website, interested parties are invited to comment on the draft recommendation.

Please note that in this draft 6th Annex XIV recommendation subject to the public consultation includes 21 substances and do not include hydrazine.o not include hydrazine.

CLP 2015 - Review the classification and labelling of your mixtures!

From 1 June 2015, the CLP Regulation will be the only legislation to apply to the classification and labelling of both substances and mixtures. Companies need to act now and review the classification and labelling of their mixtures before the deadline. Further information is available on the ECHA website and in a new awareness-raising leaflet.

More information on the ECHA website.

ECHA webinar: Mixture classification and communicating safe use of mixtures. Advice for formulators and importers 5 November 2014 - Helsinki This webinar is about the classification of mixtures and on how information on the safe use of mixtures can be communicated in the supply chain. It aims to help formulators and importers understand and implement their obligations according to the REACH and CLP regulations relating to mixtures.

Register.

EINECS, ELINCS and NLP now available on ECHA's website The ECHA copy of the EC Inventory, consisting of the European Inventory of Existing Commercial chemical Substances (EINECS), the European LIst of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS) and the list of No-Longer Polymers (NLP), was made available on the ECHA website on the 5 August 2014. The inventory can now be browsed and searched. Additional functionalities, including the ability to download, are planned to follow in the future. : http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/clp-2015 More information on the ECHA website.

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Workshop on the safe use of chemicals by SMEs On the 16 September, Uta and Ophélie attended the workshop organized by the Commission on safe use of chemicals by SMEs. The workshop aimed to address the challenges faced by companies and in particular SMEs to comply with the new rules for classification, labelling, packaging of mixtures introduced by the CLP regulation (Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Hazardous Chemicals).

The event will bring together stakeholders such as industry associations, business support organisations, trade unions, and consumer associations, as well as competent authorities and the national CLP helpdesks.

All organisations whose members need to know about and/or comply with the regulation are invited to participate and to contribute to the discussions.

At the workshop topics included: Identification of the main challenges for a timely implementation of the CLP Regulation Discussions about practical solutions to the specific needs of SMEs Promotion of the safe use of chemicals in Europe The successful implementation of CLP is indeed a major challenge for industry since it aims at re-labelling a massive number of products, including both consumer items (such as paints or detergents) as well as industrial mixtures. The majority of the operators concerned are SMEs, who may not be fully informed of the new regulation and the related obligations.

Please find the link to the live webstreaming to view the presentations.

Easily accessible trade data on hazardous chemicals now available Information on imported and exported hazardous chemicals subject to the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulation as well as details on the importing and exporting countries is now publicly available on ECHA's website.

Detailed information on the import and export of certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides subject to the PIC Regulation (PIC chemicals) has been published on ECHA's website.

All of the data stored in the previous tool EDEXIM since the first PIC Regulation entered into force in 2003 is now available on ECHA's website. Users now have readily accessible and searchable information on the imports and exports of PIC chemicals available, as well as further details on the importing and exporting countries.

This information is now categorised in separate sections making it simpler to find statistics and reports, such as the number of notifications, the amount of chemicals exported, and the countries that the chemicals are imported from and

exported to.

With a more modern interface, the website also offers features that were not previously available for PIC exporters. The content is now readily downloadable and users can also find out PIC information directly from the Agency's home page without needing to refer back to EDEXIM as has been the case in recent months.

The search functionality is also much more powerful and precise than previously. By using the ‘Search for chemicals' function on ECHA's home page, not only will users be able to find detailed information on their PIC chemicals but they will also see the details of their chemicals in a wider context in relation to their relevant uses under the REACH, CLP and biocides regulations, where this is applicable.

For more information on Chemicals Legislation, please contact: Ophélie Roblot +32 2 679 02 68 oro@fecc.org

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Final report of the REACH enforcement-3 project published The ECHA Forum's third enforcement project (REF -3) focused on the “Inspection and enforcement of compliance with registration obligations by manufacturers, importers and only representatives in close cooperation with customs”. The focus of the inspection has been on the registration duties of Article 5 and 6 of the REACH Regulation (EC) No 1096/2006 and, in particular, the principle “No data, no market”.

The inspection phase in the 28 participating countries took place between February 2013 and August 2013 with 528 company inspections being carried out. It was found that more than 50% of the companies inspected benefit from exemptions of their registration duty, mainly due to the phase-in status of substances and due to substances listed in Annex IV/V of REACH. As a consequence of the enforcement project’s focus, the emphasis during inspections has been on importers (64%) and imported substances (71%). Manufacturers have been targeted in only 29% of the inspections.

A 14% non-compliance rate was identified with respect to the registration duties of inspected companies. A missing registration is the most frequent reason for companies not being in compliance with registration duties. From the 528 companies inspected, 3% have been identified as “free-riders” who have not registered any of their substances requiring registration.

As has been identified already in previous REACHEN-FORCE projects, non-compliance rates for

companies are higher for small and medium sized enterprises (17%) compared to larger companies (6%). When analysing companies holding different (single/multiple) REACH roles, only representatives show the highest non-compliance rate (25%) compared to importers (15%) and manufacturers (7%). The highest rate of noncompliance (43%) is found in the group of only representatives performing this one role only.

The overall conclusion of the REACH-EN-FORCE-3 project is that there is a considerable number of non-compliant companies that do not fully observe REACH registration obligations.

Moreover, it has been confirmed that importing companies need more attention as they are less compliant than manufacturers. The project has identified only representatives as a group specifically at risk of non-compliance with their registration duties. For this reason the Forum and Member States have decided to extend the enforcement project with further inspections in 2014. Special attention also needs to be drawn to economic sectors not belonging to “classical” manufacturers and distributors of chemicals.

However, it must be noted that there is no indication of a systematic breach with the legislation and there is a low number of identified “free-riders” that do not register their substances at all.

For more information, please read the full report on the ECHA website.

Logistics The SQAS/ESAD community has integrated the corporate social responsibility questions (used by the Together for Sustainability community) into the different SQAS Modules. The SQAS/ESAD assessment scheme will be ready for use after the auditors have been trained (beginning of 2015). The TfS assessment scheme has a global approach instead of SQAS/ESAD which has a European scope. Both schemes however can stand along each other

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GTDP Committee Meeting 25 September 2014 – Krefeld, Germany The Fecc GTDP committee meeting was held on 25 September at Azelis Pharma, Krefeld.

Participants were given a tour of the Azelis facility as well as discussed various issues pertaining to pharma, food, feed and cosmetics.

Fecc would like to thank Mr. Christoph Sonntag and Azelis for hosting the meeting.

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FDA publishes list of Guidance Documents The US – Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has published its yearly list of guidance documents and a list of new, revised and withdrawn guidance’s. This document provides a concise overview of the status of various guidelines that are currently in process. For more information see here.

PIC/S adopts EU GDP Guidelines The Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme PIC/S has published a PIC/S Guide to Good Distribution Practice for Medicinal Products (PE 011-1). This Guide is based on the EU GDP-Guidelines (2013/C 343/01). For more information see PIC/S.

EC report further reveals cosmetic focus from TTIP negotiations The European Commission (EC) has published an official report from the sixth round of TTIP negotiations which reveals the EU and US to be proceeding with prioritising chemicals for assessment, and other classification and labeling. Source: Cosmeticsdesign Europe.

FDA Issues Three Final Guidances Related to Nanotechnology Applications in Regulated Products, Including Cosmetics and Food Substances In June 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued three final guidance documents reflecting FDA’s current thinking on certain issues related to the use of nanotechnology in FDA-regulated products. FDA prepared these final guidance’s after taking into account public comment received on the corresponding draft guidance documents previously issued in 2011 and 2012. These guidance documents are being issued as part of FDA’s ongoing implementation of recommendations from FDA’s 2007 Nanotechnology Task Force Report.

Source: FDA.

What the new FDA guidance on nanomaterials means for cosmetic players The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new guidance that aims to create a clearer framework to identify potential safety issues for nanomaterials used in cosmetics. It is important that cosmetic players consider these guidance documents. Source: Source: Cosmeticsdesign Asia www.fecc.org

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EC amends restriction on four preservatives and a UV filter The European Commission has amended the use of preservatives cetrimonium chloride, steartrimonium chloride and behentrimonium chloride and nano-UV filter tris-biphenyl triazine in cosmetics. The opinion follows a review by the Scientific Committee for Consumer safety (SCCS). Source: Cosmeticsdesign Europe.

SCCS rules on more hair dye ingredients The European Commission's Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) has published opinions on 3-amino2,6-dimethylphenol; hydroxyethoxy aminopyrazolopyridine HCl; and Basic Brown 17. Source: Cosmeticsdesign Europe.

Australia looks into gamma butyrolactone ban in cosmetics Australia’s Department of Health (DoH) is seeking public comments on its proposal to ban the use of gamma butyrolactone in cosmetics. Source: Cosmeticsdesign Asia .

IBR confirms it is up to date with China FDA IECIC Following China’s FDA publishing a final version of Inventory of Existing Cosmetic Ingredient in China (IECIC), natural active supplier IBR has announced all of its ingredients are now fully compliant.

The English version of the inventory is available here. Source: Cosmeticsdesign Asia.

European Medicines Agency publishes booklet on European regulatory system for medicines The European Medicines Agency (EMA) published in August an illustrated leaflet explaining how the European regulatory system for medicines operates. It describes how medicines are authorised and monitored in the European Union (EU) and how the European medicines regulatory network – a partnership between the European Commission, the 50 medicines regulatory authorities in the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA), and the EMA – works to ensure that patients in the EU have access to safe and effective medicines. Source: EMA.

Europe to boost cooperation with international partners on generics The European Union’s decentralised procedure is being used as a model to accelerate the assessment of applications for generic medicines as part of the International Generic Drug Regulators Pilot (IGDRP). The European Union (EU) is leading an international pilot project through which, upon request from a generic pharmaceutical company, it will share the assessment reports generated as part of the decentralised procedure in real time with collaborating regulatory agencies outside the EU. By offering to share its assessment reports, the EU aims to reinforce collaboration and information-sharing between regulatory authorities across the world, contributing to facilitating and strengthening the scientific assessment process for medicines. This should enable medicines to be authorised in different territories in a coordinated way at approximately the same time. The first phase of the pilot project will involve the EU, Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei and Switzerland. Source: EMA .

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FEFANA Booklet on Organic Acids in Animal Nutrition published FEFANA has announced the publication of its Booklet on Organic Acids used in animal nutrition. FEFANA aims at providing technical and scientifically sound information on the benefits and safety of the products of its industry.

The organic acids industry is certainly an important part of it. As Didier Jans (FEFANA Secretary General) put it: “Organic acids have been used in animal nutrition for several decades and are a key part of ensuring feed preservation and safety.” Source: FEFANA.

Food Producers in the U.S.A to Offer Data on Chemical Additives Big food producers in the USA are moving to try to head off criticism of how they use additives, with a main industry group saying it plans to give more information to regulators about how companies determine the safety of the thousands of chemicals and other ingredients in processed foods.

The announcement by the Grocery Manufacturers Association covers ingredients that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows to be used under a principle known as "generally recognized as safe," or GRAS. Rather than being approved by the FDA itself, such ingredients—which provide foods with flavors, textures, colors or longer shelf-life—are deemed permissible by companies based on their own research. Source: WSJ.

FDA unveils Colour additive exposure study results The seven additives include FD&C Blue No. 1, Blue No. 2, Green No. 3, Red No. 3, Red No. 40, Yellow No. 5 and Yellow No. 6. They first came to international attention in a Southampton (UK) University study in 2007 that foundbehavioral changes in children exposed to a mixture of dyes plus the preservative sodium benzoate. The EU in 2009 adopted legislation requiring a label warning on foods using the color dyes, stating that they "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." Source: Food chemical News.

International Trade Associations for Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Industry Join Together in Support of New ICCR Website Trade associations representing the cosmetic and personal care products industry in Canada, the European Union, Japan, the United States, Brazil and China welcome the launch of a new website focused on the International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulation (ICCR) program. Source: Cosmetics Europe .

UK colour cosmetics market to reach £1bn sales in 2014 New product innovations and smaller sizes are boosting colour cosmetics sales in the UK with big gains expected in the mass market whilst the prestige segment has benefitted from consumers trading up.

Source: Cosmeticsdesign Europe-.

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U.S. Shale Gas Heads Overseas The U.S. shale gas revolution is going global. At least five chemical companies in Europe and India plan revamps of their petrochemical crackers to run on low-cost ethane imported from the U.S. Source: C&EN News

EU chemicals output up 1,8% during first 5 months of year European chemicals output fell in May 2014 after eight consecutive months of expansion, according to the latest Cefic Chemicals Trends Report. Despite the May blip, output expanded by 1.8 per cent in the first five months of 2014 on a year-on-year basis. EU chemicals prices were lower during the five month period, whilst EU chemical sales during the first four months of 2014 remained unchanged. The sector’s workforce grew in first quarter 2014, the second consecutive quarter of payroll expansion. EU chemicals net exports reached €14.8 billion for the first four months of 2014, but the surplus level narrowed as compared with the year prior. Source: Cefic.

EU welcomes WTO ruling against Argentinean measures on imports EU Trade Commissioner, Karel De Gucht, welcomed a ruling by an independent panel at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that certain conditions which Argentina introduced for firms wishing to import goods into the country break WTO law. Source: DG Trade.

Commission publishes summary state of play in TTIP negotiations – latest version now available The EU Commission has updated its document summarising the latest state of play in the TTIP negotiations.

It now reflects progress made in the sixth round of the talks, which took place between 14 and 18 July in Brussels. Source: DG Trade .

The EU and Cameroon implement an economic partnership agreement The EU-Central Africa Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) for trade and development between the EU and Cameroon entered into force on 4th August 2014. This ‘interim’ agreement will provide a sustainable guarantee of free access to the European market for any product originating in Cameroon and will foster an increase in trade and the diversification of Cameroon’s economic activities.

The interim EU-Central Africa EPA was concluded on 17 December 2007. It was signed by the EU and Cameroon on 15 January 2009. Cameroon ratified the EPA and notified its decision to the EU on 25 July 2014. The agreement is open to the other countries in the region (Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, São Tome é Principe and Chad) that wish to accede to it. Source: DG Trade.

EU Restrictive measures (sanctions) in force The latest updated version listing all the EU restrictions/sanctions is available (updated 26.5.2014).

Members are strongly recommended to check this document. Source: EU External Action Service

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Ukraine enacts sanctions legislation On 12 August 2014, the Ukrainian parliament unanimously passed a law which allows Ukraine to impose sanctions against foreign individuals and companies. Ukraine can now impose sanctions in response to threats to national security, breaches of UN Security Council resolutions, and violations of EU decisions. The legislation does not specifically mention Russia, but the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that it would permit Ukraine to impose sanctions against multiple Russia companies and individuals. Yatsenyuk announced that he has already asked for 172 individuals and 65 companies ‘mostly of Russian ownership’ to be considered as potential sanctions subjects . Source: ITAR TASS News.

Norway joins EU sanctions against Russia On 12 August 2014, Norway announced that it will join sanctions the EU has imposed on Russia over the situation in Ukraine. Although Norway is not part of the EU, the Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende said that the country will impose restrictions on Russia of a similar nature to those imposed by the EU on 1 August 2014.

Russian state-owned banks will be banned from taking long-term and mid-term loans, arms exports will be banned and supplies of equipment, technology and assistance to the Russian oil sector will be prohibited. Russia has already imposed sanctions of its own against Norway, which was one of the countries included in the food import ban implemented by Moscow. Source: ITAR TASS News.

Switzerland Extends Sanctions on Five Russian Banks The Swiss government detailed Wednesday further measures designed to prevent the country from being used

by Russia to bypass sanctions imposed earlier this year by the European Union over the crisis in Ukraine.

The Federal Council, Switzerland's cabinet, said five Russian banks would be required to get authorization to issue new long-term financial instruments. The Swiss subsidiaries of the banks, however, are exempt from the measures as long as they are not acting on behalf of their parent banks.

Source: WSJ.

For more information on International Trade, plese contact : Joel D’Silva +32(0)2 679 02 62—jds@fecc.org

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Green Action Plan for SMEs: turning environmental challenges into business opportunities The European Commission adopted on 2 July a Communication Green Action Plan (GAP) for SMEs: Enabling SMEs to turn environmental challenges into business opportunities. The Action Plan presents a series of SME-oriented actions proposed at European level to help exploit the business opportunities that the transition to a green economy offers. For more information, click here.

First authorisation for a "substance of very high concern" For the first time, the European Commission has authorised the continued use of a substance considered of “very high concern” under the Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).

Adopted in 2006, REACH requires companies manufacturing or importing chemical substances in the EU, amounting to over one tonne per year, to register the substances with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).

The aim of REACH is not only to ensure the good functioning of the internal market and control concerning chemicals, but also to see that certain particularly hazardous substances are phased out and replaced by economically and technically viable alternatives.

The substance that was given the green light for continued use is the phthalate ‘DEHP’, used by a producer in the manufacturing of aircraft engines. The Commission’s decision was based on the recommendations of the European Chemicals Agency Committees for Risk Assessment and for Socio-Economic Analysis, who found that all health risks to workers from the use of DEHP are controlled by the manufacturer. It was also noted that the company is searching for a suitable alternative, but there is currently none available. For more information, click here.

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2014 October 23

SHE Committee

Brussels

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Fecc Membership Meeting (Board Meeting)

Brussels

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International Trade Committee

Brussels

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Excipat Trainings

Brussels

Responsible Care Committee

Brussels

GTDP Committee

Brussels

Fecc Annual Congress

Athens

November

December 9

2015 January 15 May 6-8

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