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EU TRADE Bilateral agreement with Singapore in effect / Basis for further ASEAN trade pacts	13.01.2020
EUROPEAN PLASTICISERS Nigel Sarginson to become new chairman / Matthias Pfeiffer is next vice-chair	09.01.2020
CHEMICALS ECONOMY EU production forecast to be flat in 2020 / Cefic cites slowing global economy / Issues of Brexit not specifically addressed	02.01.2020
ENERGY “Master Plan 2050” from energy-intensive industry panel maps climate goals / Recommendations fed into “Green New Deal”	13.12.2019
HORIZON EUROPE Industry calls on EU council for bigger research budget / Planning starts on programme's first four years	14.10.2019
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE Over 100 partners sign "Circular Plastics Alliance" declaration / EU-wide voluntary targets for raising recyclate usage / EuPC, Cefic and FEAD among signatories	23.09.2019
BREXIT Nearly half of UK REACH registrations not yet transferred to EU entities / More than 700 substances may not be available from 1 November	18.09.2019
REACH ECHA seeks to improve compliance / Cefic launches action plan to help members update dossiers / Industry says NGO criticism is “not helpful”	02.07.2019
POLYETHYLENE PE imports from the US gaining steam / Impact on European producers' margins / Vast majority of new capacity still to come / Noticeable decline in imports to EU since January 2019	15.03.2019
BREXIT Uncertainty remains after MPs vote against leaving EU without a deal / EU and UK businesses say no deal is a no-win outcome for both sides	14.03.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH ECHA publishes results of additives assessment project / EuMBC and other supply chain players key to project development	27.02.2019
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe hits out at EU “green” taxes and shale disadvantage / Open letter to the commission / “Nobody seriously invests in Europe”	15.02.2019
BREXIT European Commission adopts "no deal" plans / Lack of REACH regulation provisions / Major supply chain disruptions foreseen	01.02.2019
UNITED KINGDOM Brexit deal suffers heavy defeat / Plastics companies concerned about no deal / Cefic asks for solution to avoid supply chain disruptions / BPF survey	16.01.2019
EU CIRCULAR ECONOMY Report outlines technology solutions to meet EU plastics strategy / Joint R&D agenda from EuPC, SusChem, Cefic, PlasticsEurope and ECP4	14.12.2018
PLASTICSEUROPE Dow Europe's Javier Constante is new president / Michael Zobel and Tim Stedman elected VPs	23.11.2018
ASSOCIATIONS PU value chain's Brussels offices moving closer together	15.10.2018
PMMA Cefic granted funding to advance PMMA recycling in Europe	09.10.2018
BIOPLASTICS EU producers press for lower bioethanol duties / Competition from the Americas	03.01.2018
CHLORINE PRODUCTION Mercury process banned in EU from 11 December 2017 on / Switch to alternative processes largely completed	18.12.2017
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY Manifesto for European bioeconomy / Novamont represents plastics industry	29.11.2017
UNITED KINGDOM "Brexit" and plastics industry / BPF fears high trade costs with the EU / Priorities include access to skills / European chemical industry signs joint statement / Plastics exports to UK particularly important for Ireland	21.11.2017
TITANIUM DIOXIDE ECHA set to classify pigment as category 2 carcinogen / Industry takes issue	13.06.2017
EVENTS MedPharmPlast Europe conference takes place in Brussels in late November	09.11.2016
PLASTICS AND HEALTH EU Commission finally presents proposals for regulating endocrine disruptors / Trade associations critical / Forward strategy based on WHO criteria	20.06.2016