The Verband der Deutschen Feuerfest-Industrie e. V. (German Refractories Association) supports the position of Cerame-Unie. The impact assessment should also include the aspect of how the mechanism can preserve the competitiveness of EU products on export markets and should also address the fact that for sectors like the refractory industry the Carbon Border Adjustments do not appear to be neither feasible nor…
VDF
Verband der Deutschen Feuerfest-Industrie e. V.
Industry association · Germany · EU Transparency Register 826302127859-94
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Who they are
Among the 1474 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #906 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
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Declares membership of
- www.pre.eu
- www.baustoffindustrie.de
- www.faire-energiewende.de
- www.din.de
- www.cerameunie.eu
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Sept 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- Deutsche Feuerfest-Industrie e. V. (DFFI)
- Head office
- Höhr-Genzhausen, Germany
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Sept 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
Verband der Deutschen Feuerfest-Industrie e. V. filed 3 positions between 8 Feb 2019 and 12 Aug 2025, across 3 of the 639 legislative files tracked here.
2019 · 1 filed2020 · 1 filed2025 · 1 filed
What they argued
VDFFI, the German Refractories Association, welcomes the opportunity to provide comments to this public consultation under the Better Regulation initiative on the classification and labeling of Titanium dioxide (TiO2). The proposed classification and labeling is not the most appropriate regulatory tool to address the potential effects of TiO2.
The European steel industry and downstream customers are of major strategic importance and need to be protected from competition, which does not have to bear these costs (e.g. environment and energy) due to the huge European transmission costs.
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