Position papers

Chlor-alkali industry needs permanent disposal solutions and welcomes the proposed EU Mercury Regulation (2016/0023)
07/03/2016

Chlor-alkali industry needs permanent disposal solutions and welcomes the proposed EU Mercury Regulation (2016/0023)

Europe needs safe and cost-effective solutions for the permanent storage of elemental mercury which is no longer used in chlor-alkali mercury cells (‘excess mercury’)...
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The European Chlor-Alkali industry and the ETS Directive (Phase III)
23/02/2016

The European Chlor-Alkali industry and the ETS Directive (Phase III)

The chlor-alkali industry is an electricity-intensive industry that is impacted by the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) due to the CO2 cost included in the electricity price...
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ETS reform post 2020 – Chlor-alkali industry calls for full compensation of indirect CO2 emission costs
23/02/2016

ETS reform post 2020 – Chlor-alkali industry calls for full compensation of indirect CO2 emission costs

The European chlor-alkali industry calls for an ETS reform package that safeguards its international competitiveness and ensures regulatory certainty - in order to provide investment certainty a comprehensive EU wide solution to fully compensate indirect CO2 emission costs is needed...
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Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries warns that any EU further pass-through of carbon cost impairs industry’s competitiveness
11/02/2016

Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries warns that any EU further pass-through of carbon cost impairs industry’s competitiveness

For industries exposed to international competition, product prices are determined by the international producer which sells at the lowest price...
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