Cefic has raised concerns about the threat the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) poses to the competitiveness of the chemical industry. Preserving such an industrial base is of course in the interest of its companies and businesses but it is also to the benefit of all.

Last January, the European Commission published its proposal for a new climate change package for the post Kyoto period, after 2012. It is high time now to improve the package in order to still be able to keep the agreed cap of CO2 allowances

Global warming is a recognized threat for mankind and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is the essential response to this. For the next few decades energy and resource efficiency will provide the most effective means to reduce emissions.

Cefic is calling on the European Commission to take the next step in its "Community Strategy for Endocrine Disrupters", and to start the evaluation of the substances on the so-called "List for further evaluation" to get more clarity about potential risks.

A new REACH consortium has been launched upon the initiative of the European producers of ethyl acetates as organized in the Oxygenated Solvents Producers Association (OSPA), a sector group of Cefic.