Federchimica

Dear Members of the Commission, Assogastecnici, part of Federchimica, is the association of companies active in the production and distribution of technical, specialty, and medicinal gases. Its member companies represent the entire national market and employ approximately 5,000 people, generating a turnover of approximately 2.6 billion.

Environment Unit Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC (n.

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AssoFertilisers – Federchimica welcomes the Commission’s ambitions to promote sustainable farming practices and the adoption of measures that can verify, document and monitor carbon sequestration from the atmosphere. The legislative proposal represents a promising step forward in developing a regulated market for carbon farming.

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Federchimica, the Italian Federation of Chemical Industry, is composed of over 1.450 companies, for a total of over 94.000 employees. Federchimica is grouped into 17 Sector Associations, articulated into 38 Product Groups.

Federchimica recognises the overall objectives of the European Commission proposal on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and believes that the Regulation will have a significant impact on its members as producers of chemicals (substances and mixtures).

Federchimica reiterates its commitment to the 2050 climate neutrality goal, recognizing the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) as a primary tool for achieving these climate targets. However, fulfilling this ambition requires a robust framework of enabling conditions, such as lead markets for green products, access to affordable low-carbon energy and feedstocks, and a comprehensive carbon infrastructure.

Federchimica - the Italian Federation of the chemical industry groups about 1400 companies, with a total of 94.000 employees. Federchimica is divided into 17 Associations, articulated into 38 product groups. Federchimica is very interested to give its contribution to the European Commissions Proposal for the Revision of Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP), as the proposed…

Federchimica believes that in order to achieve global harmonisation, the EU should avoid introducing regional specificities and implementing classifications above and beyond those not covered by the GHS. The announced intention would lead to an inconsistency between EU and non-EU legislations and may cause global market divergences.

Federchimica, the Italian Federation of the chemical industry, believes it is essential for the Biotech Act II to become a coherent, cross-sectoral regulatory framework for the bioeconomy. The Act must go beyond biotechnology and biofabrication to address the entire bioeconomy, so that the EU can continue to be global market leader.

Federchimica is the Italian Federation of the chemical industry. At the present time 1400 companies, with a total of 90.000 employees, are part of Federchimica. They are grouped into 17 Associations, articulated into 38 product groups. Federchimica is a member of Confindustria (General Confederation of the Italian Industry) and CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council).

Comments and observations on the revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive BAT-AEL Setting emission limit values complying with the lower limit of the emissions range associated with the best available techniques (BAT-AEL), according to art.

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We noticed three discrepancies in the draft delegated act: HS code 382311 (stearic acid) is not listed in the draft delegated act, while being listed in the original Annex I list. It should be included in the Delegated Act, with a proposed "ex as it can be derived from tallow and other vegetable oils.

Federchimica welcomes and supports the simplifications proposed in the Environmental Omnibus package; however, while sharing its overall approach, it considers that further targeted interventions are necessary in certain areas not fully addressed by the current proposal.

Chemicals are everywhere in our daily lives and the role of the chemical industry in the EU green transformation is of paramount importance. REACH is the most comprehensive regulatory framework securing safe use of chemicals and the last evaluation of REACH (in 2018) has brought the European Commission to say that REACH Regulation is effective, fit for purpose and delivering on its objectives.

The Biomass based chemicals group, a Product Group of Aispec, one of the 17 Sector Associations of Federchimica (the Italian Federation of the Chemical Industry, consisting of over 1.500 companies and 96.000 employees), welcomes the opportunity granted by the European Commission to comment on the revision of the Annexes V and VI of the Renewable Energy Directive 2018/2001 (RED II).

Directive 91/676/EEC (the Nitrates Directive) is a valuable tool for monitoring the health status of water bodies subject to the transposition of nutrients from livestock manure. AssoFertilisers welcomes the Commission’s call for feedback on the proposal to update the Nitrates Directive to allow the use of RENURE fertilisers above the limit of 170 kg nitrogen per hectare per year.

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Federchimica response to the call for evidence for the Biocidal Products Regulation evaluation Federchimica is the abbreviated name of the Italian Federation of the chemical industry. At the present time 1500 companies, with a total of 90.000 employees, are part of Federchimica. They are grouped into 17 Associations, articulated into 38 product groups.

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Federchimica welcomes the Commision initiative to establish EU-wide end-of-waste (EoW) criteria for plastics from mechanical and solvent-based recycling as a positive step towards harmonisation and development of a well-functioning internal market for recycled materials.

Federchimica supports the creation of a common data platform, which would allow the information to be consolidated in one position: this chemical lindustria platform calls for better communication and coordination of the different regulatory processes, thus enabling the improvement and enhancement of the safety assessment of chemicals.

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Federchimica acknowledges that the reallocation of tasks will have a significant impact on ECHA, which will see its workload considerably increased; calls, therefore, for all necessary measures to be taken to enable the agency to operate at full speed despite the increase in work: these measures could be both organisational and budgetary.

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Response from Federchimica – AISPEC: Chemistry from Biomass Industry Sector, to the Consultation on the development of post-Euro 6/VI emission standards for cars, vans, lorries and buses COMBINED EVALUATION ROADMAP / INCEPTION IMPACT ASSESSMENT - 29th April 2020 Increasing the efficiency of the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) has been a key driver of passenger transport emissions reduction of to date.

Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 lays down, from 16 July 2022, new requirements for the making available on the market of CE marked fertilising products within the European Union. Specifically, the standard introduces important novelties, such as: Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003, which until 15 July 2022 regulated only mineral fertilisers on the EU market; a new classification of EU fertilising products supported by new…

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AssoFertilisers, the National Fertilisers Association, which is part of Federchimica-Confindustria, brings together the main Italian fertiliser operators, with a total turnover of around EUR 1 billion, representing over 90 % of the Italian market.

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The Italian Federation of Chemical Industry strongly welcomes this initiative from the European Commission. Simplification and digitalization can contribute to improving efficiency, efficacy and safety. There are many advantages that it’s necessary to take into account: • Digitally stored labelling texts can be updated promptly.

Environment Area Proposal for a Directive on integrated water management: observations and criticisms March 2023 Federchimica The National Federation of the Chemical Industry represents 1,450 companies for a total of over 94,000 employees; it is divided into 17 sector associations and 38 product groups and its primary objectives the coordination and protection of the role of the chemical industry operating in Italy…

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With reference to the opening of the public consultation on Products derived from animal by-products as component materials in EU fertilising products AssoFertilisers strongly opposes the introduction of unjustified measures limiting the total chromium content for a specific product category: hydrolysed proteins (point 5d in the technical annex to the European Commission proposal).

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