{"id":161261,"date":"2025-04-09T07:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T05:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=161261"},"modified":"2025-04-03T11:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:26:14","slug":"europes-industry-up-against-the-wall-cefic-president-urges-eu-leaders-to-act-on-10-point-rescue-plan-for-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/europes-industry-up-against-the-wall-cefic-president-urges-eu-leaders-to-act-on-10-point-rescue-plan-for-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe\u2019s Industry Up Against the Wall: Cefic President Urges EU Leaders to Act on 10-Point Rescue Plan for Chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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High-Level Strategic Dialogue on the Chemical Industry Package \u00a9 CEFIC<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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\u201cFor us, it is way past 12 o\u2019clock.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This was the stark warning from Ilham Kadri, President of Cefic, at today\u2019s High-Level Strategic Dialogue on the Chemical Industry Package led by Executive Vice President St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9 and Commissioner Jessika Roswall. Addressing policymakers, industry leaders, and civil society, Kadri and her fellow CEOs made it clear: Europe\u2019s chemical industry is in crisis. Without immediate, targeted action, more production sites will shut down, investments will move elsewhere, and Europe will fall further behind global competitors.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cEurope\u2019s chemical industry is the foundation of its industrial ecosystem\u2014every major value chain depends on us\u2026 Yet today, companies are halting investments in Europe while our global competitors race ahead. Without urgent action, we risk losing an entire industrial base. This is not just about chemicals; it\u2019s about Europe\u2019s economic and strategic future.\u201d- Dr. Ilham Kadri \u2013 Cefic President<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

With the EU industry facing declining demand, soaring energy prices, and growing regulatory burdens \u2013 as raised in the broader Antwerp Declaration \u2013 Cefic has laid out 10 urgent actions that must be included in a comprehensive Chemical Industry Package. These actions must go beyond PFAS and REACH and ensure that Europe\u2019s chemicals industry received the urgent and tailored support it needs to restore its base in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. 1.<\/strong> A plan to secure EU value chains of chemicals used in the European Defence industries\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Chemicals to be a full part of the Readiness 2030 ambition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. 2.<\/strong> Direct measures to lower energy costs\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Immediate relief, on top of the Affordable Energy Action Plan, reinstate organic chemicals in the EU\u2019s indirect cost compensation list and ensure hydrogen is a viable low-carbon energy fuel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. 3.<\/strong> A clear policy of urgency on trade protection\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Fast-tracking anti-dumping measures and securing a strong EU response to tariff disputes and Russian sanctions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. 4.<\/strong> Keep the focus on simplification and burden reduction\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 An Omnibus package to ease administrative burdens on large and small companies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. 5.<\/strong> Clarity on circularity<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Mass balance accounting rules for chemical recycling to be clarified as soon as possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. 6.<\/strong> A dedicated policy for access to affordable feedstock\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 \u00a0secure bio-based and circular materials in order to meet climate targets, including leveraging Ukraine\u2019s potential.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. 7.<\/strong> Measures to create demand\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Lower VAT rates and market-pull measures in the main chemical outlet markets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. 8.<\/strong> Recognise the critical roles for chemicals to reduce Europe\u2019s dependency \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Full support for securing EU production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in the Critical Medicines Act. Further analyse the French proposal for a Critical Chemicals Act.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. 9.<\/strong> Dedicated funding for the chemical industry in the EU Competitiveness Fund<\/strong>, Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act and Industrial Decarbonisation Bank, including a dedicated chemical industry Public Private Partnership or R&I fund for demonstration plants.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. 10.<\/strong> A true simplification of REACH\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Building on\u00a0Cefic\u2019s 10 point plan<\/a>, we need targeted measures that ensure predictability for investment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Cefic welcomes the commitment from EU leaders to engage, but stresses that this dialogue must deliver real outcomes. The industry cannot afford just another round of discussions – it needs a clear plan to restore competitiveness, secure industrial jobs, and drive sustainable innovation in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u201cFor us, it is way past 12 o\u2019clock.\u201d This was the stark warning from Ilham Kadri, President of Cefic, at today\u2019s High-Level Strategic Dialogue on the Chemical Industry Package led by Executive Vice President St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9 and Commissioner Jessika Roswall. Addressing policymakers, industry leaders, and civil society, Kadri and her fellow CEOs made it clear: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":161283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Another industry is in crisis: Europe\u2019s chemical industry - without immediate, targeted action, more production sites will shut down, investments will move elsewhere, and Europe will fall further behind global competitors","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[6843,10408],"supplier":[4027],"class_list":["post-161261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biochemicals","tag-greenchemistry","supplier-european-chemical-industry-council-cefic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161261"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=161261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}