Ebfrip RSS FEED http://www.ebfrip.org/ Ebrip News Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT en-us EU Scientific Committee confirms that TBBPA presents no risk to Human Health http://www.ebfrip.org/press/43/131/EU-Scientific-Committee-confirms-that-TBBPA-presents-no-risk-to-Human-Health/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/43/131/EU-Scientific-Committee-confirms-that-TBBPA-presents-no-risk-to-Human-Health/?cntnt01template=display_rss Under the WEEE Directive, it is unnecessary to separate plastics containing brominated flame retardants http://www.ebfrip.org/press/44/131/Under-the-WEEE-Directive-it-is-unnecessary-to-separate-plastics-containing-brominated-flame-retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/44/131/Under-the-WEEE-Directive-it-is-unnecessary-to-separate-plastics-containing-brominated-flame-retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss Progress on EU Scientific Assessment of TBBPA http://www.ebfrip.org/press/45/131/Progress-on-EU-Scientific-Assessment-of-TBBPA/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/45/131/Progress-on-EU-Scientific-Assessment-of-TBBPA/?cntnt01template=display_rss Status of Proposed RoHs Exemption for Deca-BDE http://www.ebfrip.org/press/46/131/Status-of-Proposed-RoHs-Exemption-for-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/46/131/Status-of-Proposed-RoHs-Exemption-for-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss Update on the European Commission Proposal to exempt Deca-BDE from the RoHS Directive under review by Member States http://www.ebfrip.org/press/47/131/Update-on-the-European-Commission-Proposal-to-exempt-Deca-BDE-from-the-RoHS-Directive-under-review-by-Member-States/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/47/131/Update-on-the-European-Commission-Proposal-to-exempt-Deca-BDE-from-the-RoHS-Directive-under-review-by-Member-States/?cntnt01template=display_rss Commission Proposal to exempt Deca-BDE from the RoHS Directive now awaiting decision by the European Council http://www.ebfrip.org/press/48/131/Commission-Proposal-to-exempt-Deca-BDE-from-the-RoHS-Directive-now-awaiting-decision-by-the-European-Council/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/48/131/Commission-Proposal-to-exempt-Deca-BDE-from-the-RoHS-Directive-now-awaiting-decision-by-the-European-Council/?cntnt01template=display_rss Deca-BDE Exemption from EU RoHS Directive awaits Council Approval http://www.ebfrip.org/press/49/131/Deca-BDE-Exemption-from-EU-RoHS-Directive-awaits-Council-Approval/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/49/131/Deca-BDE-Exemption-from-EU-RoHS-Directive-awaits-Council-Approval/?cntnt01template=display_rss Norwegian proposal on Deca-BDE contradicts scientific risk assessment and European law http://www.ebfrip.org/press/50/131/Norwegian-proposal-on-Deca-BDE-contradicts-scientific-risk-assessment-and-European-law/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/50/131/Norwegian-proposal-on-Deca-BDE-contradicts-scientific-risk-assessment-and-European-law/?cntnt01template=display_rss European Commission, UK and France block Swedish attempt to ban Deca-BDE http://www.ebfrip.org/press/38/131/European-Commission-UK-and-France-block-Swedish-attempt-to-ban-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/38/131/European-Commission-UK-and-France-block-Swedish-attempt-to-ban-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP initial comments on European Parliament decision to initiate legal action against Commission regarding the exemption of Deca-BDE from RoHS Directive http://www.ebfrip.org/press/39/131/EBFRIP-initial-comments-on-European-Parliament-decision-to-initiate-legal-action-against-Commission-regarding-the-exemption-of-Deca-BDE-from-RoHS-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/39/131/EBFRIP-initial-comments-on-European-Parliament-decision-to-initiate-legal-action-against-Commission-regarding-the-exemption-of-Deca-BDE-from-RoHS-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss EU confirms no classification of TBBPA for health http://www.ebfrip.org/press/40/131/EU-confirms-no-classification-of-TBBPA-for-health/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/40/131/EU-confirms-no-classification-of-TBBPA-for-health/?cntnt01template=display_rss Sweden draft ban under EU scrutiny as unjustified barrier to trade http://www.ebfrip.org/press/41/131/Sweden-draft-ban-under-EU-scrutiny-as-unjustified-barrier-to-trade/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/41/131/Sweden-draft-ban-under-EU-scrutiny-as-unjustified-barrier-to-trade/?cntnt01template=display_rss EU exempts Deca-BDE from RoHS Directive http://www.ebfrip.org/press/42/131/EU-exempts-Deca-BDE-from-RoHS-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/42/131/EU-exempts-Deca-BDE-from-RoHS-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP clarifications on the new WWF report on fish levels found do not present health risk http://www.ebfrip.org/press/30/131/EBFRIP-clarifications-on-the-new-WWF-report-on-fish-levels-found-do-not-present-health-risk/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/30/131/EBFRIP-clarifications-on-the-new-WWF-report-on-fish-levels-found-do-not-present-health-risk/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement: Swedish move to ban product contradicts scientific conclusions and EU law http://www.ebfrip.org/press/31/131/EBFRIP-statement-Swedish-move-to-ban-product-contradicts-scientific-conclusions-and-EU-law/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/31/131/EBFRIP-statement-Swedish-move-to-ban-product-contradicts-scientific-conclusions-and-EU-law/?cntnt01template=display_rss Statement on 1st Annual Progress Report of Flame Retardant Voluntary Emissions Control Action Programme http://www.ebfrip.org/press/32/131/Statement-on-1st-Annual-Progress-Report-of-Flame-Retardant-Voluntary-Emissions-Control-Action-Programme/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/32/131/Statement-on-1st-Annual-Progress-Report-of-Flame-Retardant-Voluntary-Emissions-Control-Action-Programme/?cntnt01template=display_rss Deca-BDE - Summary Status Report on additional information requirements http://www.ebfrip.org/press/33/131/Deca-BDE---Summary-Status-Report-on-additional-information-requirements/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/33/131/Deca-BDE---Summary-Status-Report-on-additional-information-requirements/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP Statement post CAs Meeting http://www.ebfrip.org/press/34/131/EBFRIP-Statement-post-CAs-Meeting/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/34/131/EBFRIP-Statement-post-CAs-Meeting/?cntnt01template=display_rss Deca-BDE - Summary Status Report on VECAP http://www.ebfrip.org/press/35/131/Deca-BDE---Summary-Status-Report-on-VECAP/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/35/131/Deca-BDE---Summary-Status-Report-on-VECAP/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement following latest Greenpeace Report http://www.ebfrip.org/press/36/131/EBFRIP-statement-following-latest-Greenpeace-Report/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/36/131/EBFRIP-statement-following-latest-Greenpeace-Report/?cntnt01template=display_rss EU Study on two important BFRs concludes no major endocrine effects http://www.ebfrip.org/press/37/131/EU-Study-on-two-important-BFRs-concludes-no-major-endocrine-effects/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/37/131/EU-Study-on-two-important-BFRs-concludes-no-major-endocrine-effects/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement on Ends Daily RoHS article http://www.ebfrip.org/press/6/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-Ends-Daily-RoHS-article/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/6/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-Ends-Daily-RoHS-article/?cntnt01template=display_rss VECAP 2008 Annual Progress Report http://www.ebfrip.org/press/7/131/VECAP-2008-Annual-Progress-Report/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/7/131/VECAP-2008-Annual-Progress-Report/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement on EU Risk Assessment of TBBPA closed and published in EU Official Journal http://www.ebfrip.org/press/8/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-EU-Risk-Assessment-of-TBBPA-closed-and-published-in-EU-Official-Journal/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/8/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-EU-Risk-Assessment-of-TBBPA-closed-and-published-in-EU-Official-Journal/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement: Positive conclusions of Deca-BDE EU risk assessment in EU Official Journal http://www.ebfrip.org/press/9/131/EBFRIP-statement-Positive-conclusions-of-Deca-BDE-EU-risk-assessment-in-EU-Official-Journal/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/9/131/EBFRIP-statement-Positive-conclusions-of-Deca-BDE-EU-risk-assessment-in-EU-Official-Journal/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement: SCHER confirms EU Environment Risk Assessment on TBBPA http://www.ebfrip.org/press/10/131/EBFRIP-statement-SCHER-confirms-EU-Environment-Risk-Assessment-on-TBBPA/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/10/131/EBFRIP-statement-SCHER-confirms-EU-Environment-Risk-Assessment-on-TBBPA/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement: Sweden reverses Deca Ban http://www.ebfrip.org/press/11/131/EBFRIP-statement-Sweden-reverses-Deca-Ban/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/11/131/EBFRIP-statement-Sweden-reverses-Deca-Ban/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement re UBA's publication on brominated flame retardants http://www.ebfrip.org/press/12/131/EBFRIP-statement-re-UBA-s-publication-on-brominated-flame-retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/12/131/EBFRIP-statement-re-UBA-s-publication-on-brominated-flame-retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement re UBA's publication on brominated flame retardants- German version http://www.ebfrip.org/press/13/131/EBFRIP-statement-re-UBA-s-publication-on-brominated-flame-retardants--German-version/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/13/131/EBFRIP-statement-re-UBA-s-publication-on-brominated-flame-retardants--German-version/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement re Norwegian isolated ban on Deca-BDE http://www.ebfrip.org/press/14/131/EBFRIP-statement-re-Norwegian-isolated-ban-on-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/14/131/EBFRIP-statement-re-Norwegian-isolated-ban-on-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP comments to the second stakeholder consultation on the review of RoHS (Directive 2002/95/EC) http://www.ebfrip.org/press/15/131/EBFRIP-comments-to-the-second-stakeholder-consultation-on-the-review-of-RoHS-Directive-2002-95-EC/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/15/131/EBFRIP-comments-to-the-second-stakeholder-consultation-on-the-review-of-RoHS-Directive-2002-95-EC/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement: Norwegian Government's ban on Deca-BDE despite EU & WTO opposition http://www.ebfrip.org/press/16/131/EBFRIP-statement-Norwegian-Government-s-ban-on-Deca-BDE-despite-EU-WTO-opposition/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/16/131/EBFRIP-statement-Norwegian-Government-s-ban-on-Deca-BDE-despite-EU-WTO-opposition/?cntnt01template=display_rss BSEF statement: EU Deca-BDE Risk Assessment confirmed December 2007 http://www.ebfrip.org/press/17/131/BSEF-statement-EU-Deca-BDE-Risk-Assessment-confirmed-December-2007/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/17/131/BSEF-statement-EU-Deca-BDE-Risk-Assessment-confirmed-December-2007/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement on TBBPA Risk Assessment conclusion http://www.ebfrip.org/press/18/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-TBBPA-Risk-Assessment-conclusion/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/18/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-TBBPA-Risk-Assessment-conclusion/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement on review on latest science on Deca-BDE by EU Member States TC http://www.ebfrip.org/press/19/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-review-on-latest-science-on-Deca-BDE-by-EU-Member-States-TC/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/19/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-review-on-latest-science-on-Deca-BDE-by-EU-Member-States-TC/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement: Comments on the European Chemicals Bureau on alternatives to Deca-BDE http://www.ebfrip.org/press/20/131/EBFRIP-statement-Comments-on-the-European-Chemicals-Bureau-on-alternatives-to-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/20/131/EBFRIP-statement-Comments-on-the-European-Chemicals-Bureau-on-alternatives-to-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP questions Norwagian proposal to restrict TBBPA & HBCD in consumer products http://www.ebfrip.org/press/21/131/EBFRIP-questions-Norwagian-proposal-to-restrict-TBBPA-HBCD-in-consumer-products/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/21/131/EBFRIP-questions-Norwagian-proposal-to-restrict-TBBPA-HBCD-in-consumer-products/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP press release on the Outcome of EQS Plenary vote (TBBPA) http://www.ebfrip.org/press/22/131/EBFRIP-press-release-on-the-Outcome-of-EQS-Plenary-vote-TBBPA/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/22/131/EBFRIP-press-release-on-the-Outcome-of-EQS-Plenary-vote-TBBPA/?cntnt01template=display_rss Final EBFRIP Statement on the UMICORE Trial http://www.ebfrip.org/press/23/131/Final-EBFRIP-Statement-on-the-UMICORE-Trial/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/23/131/Final-EBFRIP-Statement-on-the-UMICORE-Trial/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP comments on Danish EPA report i.r.o. alternatives to Deca-BDE http://www.ebfrip.org/press/24/131/EBFRIP-comments-on-Danish-EPA-report-i-r-o-alternatives-to-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/24/131/EBFRIP-comments-on-Danish-EPA-report-i-r-o-alternatives-to-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement on Norwegian Environment Agency & restriction on Deca-BDE, TBBPA & HBCD http://www.ebfrip.org/press/25/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-Norwegian-Environment-Agency-restriction-on-Deca-BDE-TBBPA-HBCD/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/25/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-Norwegian-Environment-Agency-restriction-on-Deca-BDE-TBBPA-HBCD/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement on Norway acting in isolation from the EU on Chemicals http://www.ebfrip.org/press/26/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-Norway-acting-in-isolation-from-the-EU-on-Chemicals/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/26/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-Norway-acting-in-isolation-from-the-EU-on-Chemicals/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP Statement: Update on TBBPA EU Risk Assessment http://www.ebfrip.org/press/27/131/EBFRIP-Statement-Update-on-TBBPA-EU-Risk-Assessment/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/27/131/EBFRIP-Statement-Update-on-TBBPA-EU-Risk-Assessment/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement on European monitoring study indicates falling levels of penta-BDE http://www.ebfrip.org/press/28/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-European-monitoring-study-indicates-falling-levels-of-penta-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/28/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-European-monitoring-study-indicates-falling-levels-of-penta-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement: Sweden to ban Deca-BDE contradicts scientific conclusions and EU law http://www.ebfrip.org/press/29/131/EBFRIP-statement-Sweden-to-ban-Deca-BDE-contradicts-scientific-conclusions-and-EU-law/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/29/131/EBFRIP-statement-Sweden-to-ban-Deca-BDE-contradicts-scientific-conclusions-and-EU-law/?cntnt01template=display_rss EU scientific opinion on the EU risk assessment of Deca-BDE http://www.ebfrip.org/press/51/131/EU-scientific-opinion-on-the-EU-risk-assessment-of-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/51/131/EU-scientific-opinion-on-the-EU-risk-assessment-of-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss Commission proposes to exempt Deca-BDE from EU RoHS Directive http://www.ebfrip.org/press/52/131/Commission-proposes-to-exempt-Deca-BDE-from-EU-RoHS-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/52/131/Commission-proposes-to-exempt-Deca-BDE-from-EU-RoHS-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss IPC position on non-halogenated materials http://www.ebfrip.org/press/53/131/IPC-position-on-non-halogenated-materials/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/53/131/IPC-position-on-non-halogenated-materials/?cntnt01template=display_rss Norway's plan to ban Deca-BDE is scientifically unjustified and unlawful http://www.ebfrip.org/press/54/131/Norway-s-plan-to-ban-Deca-BDE-is-scientifically-unjustified-and-unlawful/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/54/131/Norway-s-plan-to-ban-Deca-BDE-is-scientifically-unjustified-and-unlawful/?cntnt01template=display_rss IVF Study on Circuit Boards- Revised Statement http://www.ebfrip.org/press/55/131/IVF-Study-on-Circuit-Boards--Revised-Statement/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/55/131/IVF-Study-on-Circuit-Boards--Revised-Statement/?cntnt01template=display_rss Update on the latest EU Member State meeting of the EU RoHS Directive http://www.ebfrip.org/press/56/131/Update-on-the-latest-EU-Member-State-meeting-of-the-EU-RoHS-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/56/131/Update-on-the-latest-EU-Member-State-meeting-of-the-EU-RoHS-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss EU Risk Assessment of TBBPA - Update http://www.ebfrip.org/press/57/131/EU-Risk-Assessment-of-TBBPA---Update/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/57/131/EU-Risk-Assessment-of-TBBPA---Update/?cntnt01template=display_rss Update on the latest EU Member State meeting of the EU RoHS Directive regarding the exemption of Deca-BDE http://www.ebfrip.org/press/58/131/Update-on-the-latest-EU-Member-State-meeting-of-the-EU-RoHS-Directive-regarding-the-exemption-of-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/58/131/Update-on-the-latest-EU-Member-State-meeting-of-the-EU-RoHS-Directive-regarding-the-exemption-of-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss WWF findings of the flame retardant Deca-BDE in blood already addressed by EU risk assessment and present no risk http://www.ebfrip.org/press/59/131/WWF-findings-of-the-flame-retardant-Deca-BDE-in-blood-already-addressed-by-EU-risk-assessment-and-present-no-risk/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/59/131/WWF-findings-of-the-flame-retardant-Deca-BDE-in-blood-already-addressed-by-EU-risk-assessment-and-present-no-risk/?cntnt01template=display_rss Substances should only be added to the Stockholm Convention on POPs if meeting the scientific criteria http://www.ebfrip.org/press/60/131/Substances-should-only-be-added-to-the-Stockholm-Convention-on-POPs-if-meeting-the-scientific-criteria/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/60/131/Substances-should-only-be-added-to-the-Stockholm-Convention-on-POPs-if-meeting-the-scientific-criteria/?cntnt01template=display_rss Closure of Deca-BDE Scientific Risk Assessment: European Union supports continued use of Deca-BDE http://www.ebfrip.org/press/61/131/Closure-of-Deca-BDE-Scientific-Risk-Assessment-European-Union-supports-continued-use-of-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/61/131/Closure-of-Deca-BDE-Scientific-Risk-Assessment-European-Union-supports-continued-use-of-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss Update on Deca-BDE Flame Retardant EU Scientific Assessment http://www.ebfrip.org/press/62/131/Update-on-Deca-BDE-Flame-Retardant-EU-Scientific-Assessment/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/62/131/Update-on-Deca-BDE-Flame-Retardant-EU-Scientific-Assessment/?cntnt01template=display_rss EU Risk Assessment of HBCD - Update http://www.ebfrip.org/press/63/131/EU-Risk-Assessment-of-HBCD---Update/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/63/131/EU-Risk-Assessment-of-HBCD---Update/?cntnt01template=display_rss EU Risk Assessment and Environmental Classification of HBCD (Hexabromocyclododecane, CAS-No: 25637-99-4) http://www.ebfrip.org/press/64/131/EU-Risk-Assessment-and-Environmental-Classification-of-HBCD-Hexabromocyclododecane-CAS-No-25637-99-4/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/64/131/EU-Risk-Assessment-and-Environmental-Classification-of-HBCD-Hexabromocyclododecane-CAS-No-25637-99-4/?cntnt01template=display_rss WWF-UK Report Indicates Life-Saving Flame Retardant Deca-BDE Not a Health Risk http://www.ebfrip.org/press/65/131/WWF-UK-Report-Indicates-Life-Saving-Flame-Retardant-Deca-BDE-Not-a-Health-Risk/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/65/131/WWF-UK-Report-Indicates-Life-Saving-Flame-Retardant-Deca-BDE-Not-a-Health-Risk/?cntnt01template=display_rss Press Statement with regard to Greenpeace Rainwater Research Report http://www.ebfrip.org/press/66/131/Press-Statement-with-regard-to-Greenpeace-Rainwater-Research-Report/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/66/131/Press-Statement-with-regard-to-Greenpeace-Rainwater-Research-Report/?cntnt01template=display_rss EU allows continued use of the flame retardant Deca-BDE http://www.ebfrip.org/press/67/131/EU-allows-continued-use-of-the-flame-retardant-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/67/131/EU-allows-continued-use-of-the-flame-retardant-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss EU agreement on electronics Directives means future EU regulatory status of the flame retardant Deca-BDE will be based on EU scientific risk assessment due to be completed in 2003 http://www.ebfrip.org/press/68/131/EU-agreement-on-electronics-Directives-means-future-EU-regulatory-status-of-the-flame-retardant-Deca-BDE-will-be-based-on-EU-scientific-risk-assessment-due-to-be-completed-in-2003/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/68/131/EU-agreement-on-electronics-Directives-means-future-EU-regulatory-status-of-the-flame-retardant-Deca-BDE-will-be-based-on-EU-scientific-risk-assessment-due-to-be-completed-in-2003/?cntnt01template=display_rss Swedish study should recognise science and not by-pass EU risk assessments http://www.ebfrip.org/press/69/131/Swedish-study-should-recognise-science-and-not-by-pass-EU-risk-assessments/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/69/131/Swedish-study-should-recognise-science-and-not-by-pass-EU-risk-assessments/?cntnt01template=display_rss Norwegian agency policy statement to ban PBDEs requires stakeholder consultation and environmental and safety assessment http://www.ebfrip.org/press/70/131/Norwegian-agency-policy-statement-to-ban-PBDEs-requires-stakeholder-consultation-and-environmental-and-safety-assessment/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/70/131/Norwegian-agency-policy-statement-to-ban-PBDEs-requires-stakeholder-consultation-and-environmental-and-safety-assessment/?cntnt01template=display_rss European Regulators Agree that the Future of the Flame Retardants deca-BDE and octa-BDE should be based on their Risk Assessments http://www.ebfrip.org/press/71/131/European-Regulators-Agree-that-the-Future-of-the-Flame-Retardants-deca-BDE-and-octa-BDE-should-be-based-on-their-Risk-Assessments/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/71/131/European-Regulators-Agree-that-the-Future-of-the-Flame-Retardants-deca-BDE-and-octa-BDE-should-be-based-on-their-Risk-Assessments/?cntnt01template=display_rss Dutch ban on flame retardant - clarification http://www.ebfrip.org/press/72/131/Dutch-ban-on-flame-retardant---clarification/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/72/131/Dutch-ban-on-flame-retardant---clarification/?cntnt01template=display_rss MEPs reject broader Flame Retardant ban and support the Council proposal for deca-BDE and octa-BDE Risk Assessments to be taken into account http://www.ebfrip.org/press/73/131/MEPs-reject-broader-Flame-Retardant-ban-and-support-the-Council-proposal-for-deca-BDE-and-octa-BDE-Risk-Assessments-to-be-taken-into-account/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/73/131/MEPs-reject-broader-Flame-Retardant-ban-and-support-the-Council-proposal-for-deca-BDE-and-octa-BDE-Risk-Assessments-to-be-taken-into-account/?cntnt01template=display_rss MEPs support EU Commission proposal to phase-out the Flame Retardant penta-BDE and exempt deca-BDE due to its importance for fire safety http://www.ebfrip.org/press/74/131/MEPs-support-EU-Commission-proposal-to-phase-out-the-Flame-Retardant-penta-BDE-and-exempt-deca-BDE-due-to-its-importance-for-fire-safety/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/74/131/MEPs-support-EU-Commission-proposal-to-phase-out-the-Flame-Retardant-penta-BDE-and-exempt-deca-BDE-due-to-its-importance-for-fire-safety/?cntnt01template=display_rss Unanimous EU Member State Opposition to Parliament call for extended phase-out of three flame retardants http://www.ebfrip.org/press/75/131/Unanimous-EU-Member-State-Opposition-to-Parliament-call-for-extended-phase-out-of-three-flame-retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/75/131/Unanimous-EU-Member-State-Opposition-to-Parliament-call-for-extended-phase-out-of-three-flame-retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss Commissioner refuses any extended ban to octa-BDE and deca-BDE prior to EU risk assessment conclusions http://www.ebfrip.org/press/76/131/Commissioner-refuses-any-extended-ban-to-octa-BDE-and-deca-BDE-prior-to-EU-risk-assessment-conclusions/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/76/131/Commissioner-refuses-any-extended-ban-to-octa-BDE-and-deca-BDE-prior-to-EU-risk-assessment-conclusions/?cntnt01template=display_rss MEPs support EU Commission proposal to phase-out the flame retardant penta-BDE but propose an extended ban to octa-BDE prior to EU risk assessment conclusions - EU Commissioner refuses any such extension http://www.ebfrip.org/press/77/131/MEPs-support-EU-Commission-proposal-to-phase-out-the-flame-retardant-penta-BDE-but-propose-an-extended-ban-to-octa-BDE-prior-to-EU-risk-assessment-conclusions---EU-Commissioner-refuses-any-such-extension/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/77/131/MEPs-support-EU-Commission-proposal-to-phase-out-the-flame-retardant-penta-BDE-but-propose-an-extended-ban-to-octa-BDE-prior-to-EU-risk-assessment-conclusions---EU-Commissioner-refuses-any-such-extension/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP position paper presented at the EP hearing on the WEEE Directive Proposals, held 19 October 2000 http://www.ebfrip.org/press/78/131/EBFRIP-position-paper-presented-at-the-EP-hearing-on-the-WEEE-Directive-Proposals-held-19-October-2000/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/78/131/EBFRIP-position-paper-presented-at-the-EP-hearing-on-the-WEEE-Directive-Proposals-held-19-October-2000/?cntnt01template=display_rss Public procurement - Commission letter to Swedish authorities http://www.ebfrip.org/press/79/131/Public-procurement---Commission-letter-to-Swedish-authorities/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/79/131/Public-procurement---Commission-letter-to-Swedish-authorities/?cntnt01template=display_rss Brominated flame retardants - Response to FoE UK statement http://www.ebfrip.org/press/80/131/Brominated-flame-retardants---Response-to-FoE-UK-statement/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/80/131/Brominated-flame-retardants---Response-to-FoE-UK-statement/?cntnt01template=display_rss Draft Proposal on WEEE - Recent Scientific Evidence Calls into Question Draft Restrictions on Flame Retardants http://www.ebfrip.org/press/81/131/Draft-Proposal-on-WEEE---Recent-Scientific-Evidence-Calls-into-Question-Draft-Restrictions-on-Flame-Retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/81/131/Draft-Proposal-on-WEEE---Recent-Scientific-Evidence-Calls-into-Question-Draft-Restrictions-on-Flame-Retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss Statement on Latest DG XI Draft on Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) http://www.ebfrip.org/press/82/131/Statement-on-Latest-DG-XI-Draft-on-Waste-from-Electrical-and-Electronic-Equipment-WEEE/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/82/131/Statement-on-Latest-DG-XI-Draft-on-Waste-from-Electrical-and-Electronic-Equipment-WEEE/?cntnt01template=display_rss Brominated Flame Retardants and Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) - an industry perspective http://www.ebfrip.org/press/83/131/Brominated-Flame-Retardants-and-Waste-from-Electrical-and-Electronic-Equipment-WEEE---an-industry-perspective/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/83/131/Brominated-Flame-Retardants-and-Waste-from-Electrical-and-Electronic-Equipment-WEEE---an-industry-perspective/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP Statement on Commission Closure of Blue Angel Complaint http://www.ebfrip.org/press/85/131/EBFRIP-Statement-on-Commission-Closure-of-Blue-Angel-Complaint/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/85/131/EBFRIP-Statement-on-Commission-Closure-of-Blue-Angel-Complaint/?cntnt01template=display_rss DTI Report Confirms Valuable Role of Flame Retardants in Saving Lives http://www.ebfrip.org/press/86/131/DTI-Report-Confirms-Valuable-Role-of-Flame-Retardants-in-Saving-Lives/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/86/131/DTI-Report-Confirms-Valuable-Role-of-Flame-Retardants-in-Saving-Lives/?cntnt01template=display_rss Historical background information on EBFRIP legal complaint against the Blue Angel eco-label http://www.ebfrip.org/press/87/131/Historical-background-information-on-EBFRIP-legal-complaint-against-the-Blue-Angel-eco-label/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/87/131/Historical-background-information-on-EBFRIP-legal-complaint-against-the-Blue-Angel-eco-label/?cntnt01template=display_rss Recovery, including recycling, of plastics containing brominated flame retardants http://www.ebfrip.org/press/88/131/Recovery-including-recycling-of-plastics-containing-brominated-flame-retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/88/131/Recovery-including-recycling-of-plastics-containing-brominated-flame-retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss Directive sur les déchets électriques et électroniques : le recyclage des plastiques contenant des retardateurs de flamme bromés http://www.ebfrip.org/press/89/131/Directive-sur-les-da-chets-a-lectriques-et-a-lectroniquesa-le-recyclage-des-plastiques-contenant-des-retardateurs-de-flamme-broma-s/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/89/131/Directive-sur-les-da-chets-a-lectriques-et-a-lectroniquesa-le-recyclage-des-plastiques-contenant-des-retardateurs-de-flamme-broma-s/?cntnt01template=display_rss Recent Studies on Flame Retardants http://www.ebfrip.org/press/90/131/Recent-Studies-on-Flame-Retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/90/131/Recent-Studies-on-Flame-Retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive http://www.ebfrip.org/press/91/131/The-Waste-Electrical-and-Electronic-Equipment-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/91/131/The-Waste-Electrical-and-Electronic-Equipment-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss Waste electrical and electronic equipment plastics with brominated flame retardants - from legislation to separate treatment - thermal process http://www.ebfrip.org/press/92/131/Waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-plastics-with-brominated-flame-retardants---from-legislation-to-separate-treatment---thermal-process/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/92/131/Waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-plastics-with-brominated-flame-retardants---from-legislation-to-separate-treatment---thermal-process/?cntnt01template=display_rss End-of-Life management of plastics from Electrical & Electronic Equipment containing Brominated Flame Retardants http://www.ebfrip.org/press/93/131/End-of-Life-management-of-plastics-from-Electrical-Electronic-Equipment-containing-Brominated-Flame-Retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/93/131/End-of-Life-management-of-plastics-from-Electrical-Electronic-Equipment-containing-Brominated-Flame-Retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss Recycling of bromine from plastics containing brominated flame retardants in state-of-the-art combustion facilities http://www.ebfrip.org/press/94/131/Recycling-of-bromine-from-plastics-containing-brominated-flame-retardants-in-state-of-the-art-combustion-facilities/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/94/131/Recycling-of-bromine-from-plastics-containing-brominated-flame-retardants-in-state-of-the-art-combustion-facilities/?cntnt01template=display_rss Bromine Recovery from Plastics containing brominated flame retardants - Option for Sustainable bromine production? (Powerpoint document) http://www.ebfrip.org/press/95/131/Bromine-Recovery-from-Plastics-containing-brominated-flame-retardants---Option-for-Sustainable-bromine-production-Powerpoint-document/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/95/131/Bromine-Recovery-from-Plastics-containing-brominated-flame-retardants---Option-for-Sustainable-bromine-production-Powerpoint-document/?cntnt01template=display_rss Energy and material recovery by co-combustion of WEEE and MSW http://www.ebfrip.org/press/96/131/Energy-and-material-recovery-by-co-combustion-of-WEEE-and-MSW/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/96/131/Energy-and-material-recovery-by-co-combustion-of-WEEE-and-MSW/?cntnt01template=display_rss Bromine recovery from the plastics fraction of Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) with staged gasification http://www.ebfrip.org/press/97/131/Bromine-recovery-from-the-plastics-fraction-of-Waste-of-Electrical-and-Electronic-Equipment-WEEE-with-staged-gasification/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/97/131/Bromine-recovery-from-the-plastics-fraction-of-Waste-of-Electrical-and-Electronic-Equipment-WEEE-with-staged-gasification/?cntnt01template=display_rss Fire Safety of TV-Sets and PC-Monitors, by Dr. J. Troitzsch, Fire and Environment Protection Services, Wiesbaden http://www.ebfrip.org/press/98/131/Fire-Safety-of-TV-Sets-and-PC-Monitors-by-Dr-J-Troitzsch-Fire-and-Environment-Protection-Services-Wiesbaden/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/98/131/Fire-Safety-of-TV-Sets-and-PC-Monitors-by-Dr-J-Troitzsch-Fire-and-Environment-Protection-Services-Wiesbaden/?cntnt01template=display_rss TV Set Enclosure Materials Fire Safety; Survey of European Statistics, by Dr. M. De Poortere, Albemarle S.A., and C. Schonbach, Robinson Linton Associates S.A. http://www.ebfrip.org/press/99/131/TV-Set-Enclosure-Materials-Fire-Safety-Survey-of-European-Statistics-by-Dr-M-De-Poortere-Albemarle-S-A-and-C-Schonbach-Robinson-Linton-Associates-S-A/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/99/131/TV-Set-Enclosure-Materials-Fire-Safety-Survey-of-European-Statistics-by-Dr-M-De-Poortere-Albemarle-S-A-and-C-Schonbach-Robinson-Linton-Associates-S-A/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement on TBBPA Environment Risk Assessment closed http://www.ebfrip.org/press/100/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-TBBPA-Environment-Risk-Assessment-closed/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/100/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-TBBPA-Environment-Risk-Assessment-closed/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP Statement on KemI's report relating to Deca-BDE http://www.ebfrip.org/press/107/131/EBFRIP-Statement-on-KemI-s-report-relating-to-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/107/131/EBFRIP-Statement-on-KemI-s-report-relating-to-Deca-BDE/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP calls for consistent approach to chemicals' evaluation in EU's RoHS Proposal http://www.ebfrip.org/press/105/131/EBFRIP-calls-for-consistent-approach-to-chemicals-evaluation-in-EU-s-RoHS-Proposal/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/105/131/EBFRIP-calls-for-consistent-approach-to-chemicals-evaluation-in-EU-s-RoHS-Proposal/?cntnt01template=display_rss Cross-Industry paper: European ecolabel sheme threatened by failure to take account of scientific assessment http://www.ebfrip.org/press/106/131/Cross-Industry-paper-European-ecolabel-sheme-threatened-by-failure-to-take-account-of-scientific-assessment/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/106/131/Cross-Industry-paper-European-ecolabel-sheme-threatened-by-failure-to-take-account-of-scientific-assessment/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP statement on consistent approach to chemicals evaluation in EU RoHS proposal http://www.ebfrip.org/press/104/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-consistent-approach-to-chemicals-evaluation-in-EU-RoHS-proposal/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/104/131/EBFRIP-statement-on-consistent-approach-to-chemicals-evaluation-in-EU-RoHS-proposal/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP Statement on NGO call to phase out substances in electronics http://www.ebfrip.org/press/108/131/EBFRIP-Statement-on-NGO-call-to-phase-out-substances-in-electronics/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/108/131/EBFRIP-Statement-on-NGO-call-to-phase-out-substances-in-electronics/?cntnt01template=display_rss Cefic Position on RoHS Recast http://www.ebfrip.org/press/109/131/Cefic-Position-on-RoHS-Recast/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/109/131/Cefic-Position-on-RoHS-Recast/?cntnt01template=display_rss Recast of the RoHS Directive: Cefic calls for consistency with REACH

]]> EBFRIP Position on the Recast of the RoHS Directive http://www.ebfrip.org/press/110/131/EBFRIP-Position-on-the-Recast-of-the-RoHS-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/110/131/EBFRIP-Position-on-the-Recast-of-the-RoHS-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss First exchange of views in European Parliament on RoHS Proposal: EBFRIP comment http://www.ebfrip.org/press/111/131/First-exchange-of-views-in-European-Parliament-on-RoHS-Proposal-EBFRIP-comment/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/111/131/First-exchange-of-views-in-European-Parliament-on-RoHS-Proposal-EBFRIP-comment/?cntnt01template=display_rss

]]> ENDS Daily article on first RoHS debate in the European Parliament http://www.ebfrip.org/press/112/131/ENDS-Daily-article-on-first-RoHS-debate-in-the-European-Parliament/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/112/131/ENDS-Daily-article-on-first-RoHS-debate-in-the-European-Parliament/?cntnt01template=display_rss MEPs signal support for open RoHS law scope

]]> EBFRIP Chairman's intervention at ChemSec event in the European Parliament http://www.ebfrip.org/press/113/131/EBFRIP-Chairman-s-intervention-at-ChemSec-event-in-the-European-Parliament/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/113/131/EBFRIP-Chairman-s-intervention-at-ChemSec-event-in-the-European-Parliament/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBRIP Statement: NGO Conference in Brussels Debates Policy on Brominated Flame Retardants http://www.ebfrip.org/press/114/131/EBRIP-Statement-NGO-Conference-in-Brussels-Debates-Policy-on-Brominated-Flame-Retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/114/131/EBRIP-Statement-NGO-Conference-in-Brussels-Debates-Policy-on-Brominated-Flame-Retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP reaction to RoHS Rapporteur proposal http://www.ebfrip.org/press/115/131/EBFRIP-reaction-to-RoHS-Rapporteur-proposal/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/115/131/EBFRIP-reaction-to-RoHS-Rapporteur-proposal/?cntnt01template=display_rss Cefic comments following the draft report by Rapporteur Jill Evans http://www.ebfrip.org/press/116/131/Cefic-comments-following-the-draft-report-by-Rapporteur-Jill-Evans/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/116/131/Cefic-comments-following-the-draft-report-by-Rapporteur-Jill-Evans/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP Encouraged by European Parliament Environment Committee Debate on RoHS http://www.ebfrip.org/press/117/131/EBFRIP-Encouraged-by-European-Parliament-Environment-Committee-Debate-on-RoHS/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/117/131/EBFRIP-Encouraged-by-European-Parliament-Environment-Committee-Debate-on-RoHS/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP takes note of the Environment Council report on ROHS http://www.ebfrip.org/press/118/131/EBFRIP-takes-note-of-the-Environment-Council-report-on-ROHS/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/118/131/EBFRIP-takes-note-of-the-Environment-Council-report-on-ROHS/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP Position on updated Norwegian action plan on brominated flame retardants http://www.ebfrip.org/press/119/131/EBFRIP-Position-on-updated-Norwegian-action-plan-on-brominated-flame-retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/119/131/EBFRIP-Position-on-updated-Norwegian-action-plan-on-brominated-flame-retardants/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP Statement on VECAP European Annual Progress Report 2009 http://www.ebfrip.org/press/120/131/EBFRIP-Statement-on-VECAP-European-Annual-Progress-Report-2009/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/120/131/EBFRIP-Statement-on-VECAP-European-Annual-Progress-Report-2009/?cntnt01template=display_rss Significant Reduction in Brominated Flame Retardant potential Emissions in Europe

]]> VECAP European Annual Progress Report 2009 http://www.ebfrip.org/press/121/131/VECAP-European-Annual-Progress-Report-2009/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/121/131/VECAP-European-Annual-Progress-Report-2009/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP Update on scientific and regulatory status of DecaBDE in Europe http://www.ebfrip.org/press/122/131/EBFRIP-Update-on-scientific-and-regulatory-status-of-DecaBDE-in-Europe/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/122/131/EBFRIP-Update-on-scientific-and-regulatory-status-of-DecaBDE-in-Europe/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP Position on the Recast of the RoHS Directive http://www.ebfrip.org/press/123/131/EBFRIP-Position-on-the-Recast-of-the-RoHS-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/123/131/EBFRIP-Position-on-the-Recast-of-the-RoHS-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/0/131/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/0/131/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP Statement on RoHS EP amendments http://www.ebfrip.org/press/124/131/EBFRIP-Statement-on-RoHS-EP-amendments/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/124/131/EBFRIP-Statement-on-RoHS-EP-amendments/?cntnt01template=display_rss Is time ripe for further RoHS bans in the EU (Ends Europe article) http://www.ebfrip.org/press/125/131/Is-time-ripe-for-further-RoHS-bans-in-the-EU-Ends-Europe-article/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/125/131/Is-time-ripe-for-further-RoHS-bans-in-the-EU-Ends-Europe-article/?cntnt01template=display_rss Journalist : Dave Keating
Issued by: ENDS Europe (Copyright) on 12 April 2010

]]> VECAP European Annual Progress Report 2006 http://www.ebfrip.org/press/126/131/VECAP-European-Annual-Progress-Report-2006/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/126/131/VECAP-European-Annual-Progress-Report-2006/?cntnt01template=display_rss VECAP European Annual Report 2007 (2nd edition) http://www.ebfrip.org/press/127/131/VECAP-European-Annual-Report-2007-2nd-edition/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/127/131/VECAP-European-Annual-Report-2007-2nd-edition/?cntnt01template=display_rss VECAP European Annual Progress Report 2008 http://www.ebfrip.org/press/128/131/VECAP-European-Annual-Progress-Report-2008/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/128/131/VECAP-European-Annual-Progress-Report-2008/?cntnt01template=display_rss Dekant Report: Risk Assessment of TBBPA - Updating the EU-Risk Assessment Reports http://www.ebfrip.org/press/129/131/Dekant-Report-Risk-Assessment-of-TBBPA---Updating-the-EU-Risk-Assessment-Reports/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/129/131/Dekant-Report-Risk-Assessment-of-TBBPA---Updating-the-EU-Risk-Assessment-Reports/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP comments on European Parliament Impact Assessment on RoHS http://www.ebfrip.org/press/130/131/EBFRIP-comments-on-European-Parliament-Impact-Assessment-on-RoHS/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/130/131/EBFRIP-comments-on-European-Parliament-Impact-Assessment-on-RoHS/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP comments on ChemSec’s brochure on BFRs & PVC http://www.ebfrip.org/press/131/131/EBFRIP-comments-on-ChemSeca-s-brochure-on-BFRs-PVC/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/131/131/EBFRIP-comments-on-ChemSeca-s-brochure-on-BFRs-PVC/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP Statement : Upcoming RoHS Directive vote should be based on science http://www.ebfrip.org/press/132/131/EBFRIP-Statement-Upcoming-RoHS-Directive-vote-should-be-based-on-science/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/132/131/EBFRIP-Statement-Upcoming-RoHS-Directive-vote-should-be-based-on-science/?cntnt01template=display_rss EBFRIP Statement on the 2 June vote of the European Parliament Environment Committee on the RoHS Directive http://www.ebfrip.org/press/133/131/EBFRIP-Statement-on-the-2-June-vote-of-the-European-Parliament-Environment-Committee-on-the-RoHS-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/133/131/EBFRIP-Statement-on-the-2-June-vote-of-the-European-Parliament-Environment-Committee-on-the-RoHS-Directive/?cntnt01template=display_rss EFRA statement EBFRIP http://www.ebfrip.org/press/1/131/EFRA-statement-EBFRIP/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/1/131/EFRA-statement-EBFRIP/?cntnt01template=display_rss Albemarle, Chemtura and ICL–IP have decided to dissolve EBFRIP (The European Brominated Flame Retardant Industry Panel) and to integrate - as of the 1st quarter of 2011 - the industry's advocacy activities into EFRA, the European Flame Retardant Association, which represents all flame retardant technologies currently in use. Following a thorough review, this sector group of Cefic is well placed to seize upcoming opportunities and address current and future challenges.Read full article

]]> VECAP recognised by industry as an outstanding tool http://www.ebfrip.org/press/2/131/VECAP-recognised-by-industry-as-an-outstanding-tool/?cntnt01template=display_rss http://www.ebfrip.org/press/2/131/VECAP-recognised-by-industry-as-an-outstanding-tool/?cntnt01template=display_rss Increased level of participation in voluntary programme confirms flate retardant industry commitment to implement best practices

Brussels, 6 April 2011- The results of the Voluntary Emissions Control Action Programme (VECAP) Annual Progress Report, released today, revealed continued growth in participation to the programme, with 95% coverage of the sales volume. The number of VECAP-certified sites grew from three to five compared to last year, external certification being the gold standard in the level of commitment to VECAP.

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