Our views

PlasticsEurope position papers provide a clear standpoint on actual developments in which plastics play a significant role.

• Explanatory views on Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food - November 2011
  
  
• EU legislation for oligomers in plastic food contact materials - 20 September 2011

• PlasticsEurope views on Building & Construction certification and rating systems - 2 December 2010
  
  
• PlasticsEurope views on the potential EU anti-dumping duty on glass fibre import from China - 4 August 2010
  

• PVC Industry Position on RoHS - 8 June 2010
  ENVI Committee’s proposal for restrictions on PVC in EEE not backed by facts

• PlasticsEurope’s Views on the Marine Litter Challenge - April 2010

• PlasticsEurope views on the recast of the RoHS Directive- December 2009
  PlasticsEurope generally welcomes the Commission proposal for a recast of RoHS, and in particular its aim to adapt to technical and scientific progress
  
  
• Plastics products made of bioplastics - 3 September 2009
  
  
• Endocrine disruptors in bottled mineral water: total estrogenic burden and migration from plastic bottles - 25 March 2009
  The study by Wagner and Oehlmann does not allow to conclude on a risk for public health.
  
  
• Hormones in bottled water? German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment reviews the study
  
  
• The ‘carbon footprint’ – an unreliable indicator of environmental sustainability - 18 February 2008
  
  
• Position of PlasticsEurope on the 2nd Reading of the Waste Framework Directive - January 2008
  
  
• The difference between biodegradable and biomass-based Plastics - 7 March 2007
  
  
• PlasticsEurope: Our View on the First Reading of the Waste Framework Directive - January 2007