Who lobbies the EU on Chemicals?

Chemical producers and importers face the EU's substance-control regime — registration, classification, biocides and persistent pollutants. These are the key acts.

Ranked by distinct disclosed European Commission meetings whose topic matches chemicals keywords. 17 organisations appear across 29 such meetings. Every organisation links to the official disclosure.

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    e.g. Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) – Meetings with CEFIC/Biocides for Europe (and Fleishman Hillard), AISE, CEPE, Ricardo, on the BPR evaluation and on OECD 426 test guidelinesource ↗
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    e.g. Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) – Meetings with CEFIC/Biocides for Europe (and Fleishman Hillard), AISE, CEPE, Ricardo, on the BPR evaluation and on OECD 426 test guidelinesource ↗
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    e.g. Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) – Meetings with CEFIC/Biocides for Europe (and Fleishman Hillard), AISE, CEPE, Ricardo, on the BPR evaluation and on OECD 426 test guidelinesource ↗
  4. 4
    ECOLAB2 mtgs
    e.g. Evaluation of ethanol as active substance in biocidal products.source ↗
  5. 5
    e.g. Exchange of views on the revision of the Regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH) and or general simplification issuessource ↗
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    e.g. Exchange of views on the Regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH)source ↗
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    e.g. Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) – Meetings with CEFIC/Biocides for Europe (and Fleishman Hillard), AISE, CEPE, Ricardo, on the BPR evaluation and on OECD 426 test guidelinesource ↗
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    e.g. Status of ethanol under the Biocidal Product Regulation and universal PFAS restriction under REACHsource ↗
  9. 9
    e.g. Revision of the Biocidal Product Regulationsource ↗
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    e.g. Revision of the Biocidal Product Regulationsource ↗
  11. 11
    e.g. Biocidal Products Regulation and the role of ozonesource ↗
  12. 12
    e.g. Biocidal Products Regulation and the role of ozonesource ↗
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    e.g. Ethanol assessment under the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR)source ↗
  14. 14
    EPPA SA1 mtg
    e.g. Data protection under the Biocidal Products Regulationsource ↗
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    e.g. Data protection under the Biocidal Products Regulationsource ↗
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    Syensqo1 mtg
    e.g. Biocidal Products Regulationsource ↗
  17. 17
    Airbus1 mtg
    e.g. Circular economy and REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals)source ↗

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Who lobbies the EU on chemicals?

Based on disclosed European Commission meetings, the most active organisations include CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council, Detergents Europe, European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists' Colours Industry, ECOLAB, Cosmetics Europe. 17 organisations appear across 29 disclosed meetings on these topics.

How is "Chemicals" lobbying measured here?

By counting distinct, officially disclosed Commission meetings whose topic matches chemicals keywords (biocidal product, registration, evaluation, authorisation). These are disclosed meetings, not a measure of influence, and each is linked to its official source.

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Rankings count distinct disclosed Commission meetings whose topic matches the sector keywords; they are not a measure of influence. Data © European Union (Decision 2011/833/EU).

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