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Arguments in favour of a risk-based, science-based approach Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large group of chemicals that includes, without question, a number of problematic…

This position focuses on non-grain-oriented and grain-oriented electrical steel (NGOES/GOES). The EU’s planned reset of steel safeguards – halving quota thresholds and applying a 50 percent…

No wind turbines, no energy storage, no electric cars, no semiconductors. Without per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), the key technologies for the transition to climate neutrality…

Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have made a joint proposal to restrict per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in Europe under the European REACH Regulation. The…

Competent authorities in five European countries earlier this year proposed a wide-ranging restriction on per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) under the European chemicals regulation…

The increasing number of legal and also customer-specific requirements on the content of certain substances in materials and products can only be managed through effective information management…

At the end of March, the EU Commission presented a draft for an extended Ecodesign Regulation. We welcome that the EU Commission continues to pursue the ecodesign approach. The Ecodesign Directive…

The EU has acted by adopting ambitious climate goals. Still, sustainable finance falls significantly short of the investment needs required to realise the climate and environmental goals of the EU.…

The German electrical and digital industry calls for an ambitious climate policy which lives up to the goal of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming, preferably to below 1.5 degrees…

The weather extremes in 2021 have shown the threat of climate change is real and immediate action is required to reach our ambitious climate goals by 2030 and 2050 respectively. For reaching…