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Photonics industry commits to more than 5 billion Euros investment in Europe

16-Sep-2011 - Photonics21 has announced its commitment to a proposed Public Private Partnership (PPP) with the European Commission in research and innovation in photonics. The proposal represents a total investment of 7 Billion Euros of which 5.6 Billion will be provided by the private sector and 1.4 Billion ...

European Commission fines Arkema for past anti-trust practices in the heat stabilizer market

17-Nov-2009 - Arkema notes the European Commission’s decision relating to past anti-trust practices in the heat stabilizer* market, and confirms that this fine will have no impact on its results. The European Commission issued a total fine of 28.6 million euros to Arkema France and its former parent company ...

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AkzoNobel fined following heat stabilizers investigation

12-Nov-2009 - AkzoNobel has confirmed that a fine of up to €40.6 million has been imposed by the European Commission following an investigation into price-fixing involving the company's former Tin Stabilizers (1987-2000) and Esbo/Esters (1991-2000) businesses. These businesses were divested in 2007. The ...

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REACH: Industry urged to pre-register all chemicals by 1 December 2008

16-Apr-2008 - Some 30,000 chemicals currently in use (e.g. acids, metals, solvents, surfactants, glues) have to be pre-registered at the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) between 1st June and 1st December 2008. As the new chemicals legislation REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of ...

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New European Chemicals Agency starts operations as REACH enters into force

05-Jun-2007 - The new European chemicals legislation, REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restrictions of Chemicals) enters into force on 1 June, and with it the new European Chemicals Agency starts operations in Helsinki. The REACH regulation shall significantly improve protection of human ...

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New test eliminates need for skin irritancy tests on rabbits

02-May-2007 - The Scientific Advisory Committee of European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM) has announced the validation of five new "in-vitro" tests, which take an important step towards ending the practice of using rabbits in skin and eye irritancy testing. These tests will apply to ...

allergies animal experiments cell cultures +4

Harmonised rules for dangerous goods transport

05-Jan-2007 - The European Commission has proposed to harmonise the rules for the transport of dangerous goods by making them as user-friendly as possible. The new proposal integrates the existing rules into one piece of EU law, which covers all three land transport modes: road, rail and inland waterway. It ...

dangerous goods

UCB Obtains European Antitrust Clearance for Take-Over of SCHWARZ PHARMA

23-Nov-2006 - UCB announced that the EU Commission has cleared the proposed take-over of SCHWARZ PHARMA by UCB. As announced on November 10, 2006, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has allowed the waiting period to expire without expressing any concerns. Therefore, the take-over of SCHWARZ PHARMA by UCB ...

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