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Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

15 Jul 2025 · Discussion on the Chemicals Action Plan and the role of paints and coatings in the transition

Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and Orange and

8 Oct 2024 · General discussion on Taxonomy and CSRD deployment.

Response to Restrictions on bisphenol A (BPA) and other bisphenols in food contact materials

7 Mar 2024

AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings thanks the European Commission for the opportunity to give feedback on Food safety restrictions on bisphenol A (BPA) and other bisphenols in food contact materials. We believe that this regulatory initiative addresses a growing concern amongst regulators and consumers on BPA and bisphenol exposure through metal food & beverage packaging. For the first time, a regulatory framework is proposed that covers BPA and can cover other bisphenol derivates in metal packaging (a few now and more in the future). In our view, the regulatory framework should further encourage the value chains move away from not only BPA, but all intentionally added bisphenol derivates in metal food & beverage packaging. In this respect, the European Commission could consider to do more to support a managed and transparent transition. The transition is possible when done right as coatings technologies used in this industry have advanced to the point that there is no longer a need to use bisphenol-based technologies in metal food & beverage packaging. BPA Non Intentionally Added and Bisphenol Non Intentionally Added alternatives are available and are increasingly used in the market. The proposed regulatory framework only offers a process to ban bisphenol derivates (via harmonised classifications) triggering future regulatory steps rather than a full restriction now although it does use an existing regulatory framework under CLP. As a result of this there is the risk of regrettable substitution and thus increased uncertainty for the entire value chain. Also, this leaves the door open for other initiatives, such as regulating via packaging regulation (as recently via PPWR), adding to uncertainty. Instead, a managed and transparent transition away from all intentionally added bisphenols in metal packaging coatings should be encouraged. AkzoNobel is committed to actively support the transition away from bisphenols and their derivatives. We therefor recommend several reinforcements: - Set a clearer timetable and mandate now for the transition away from all intentionally added bisphenols, in line with ECHAs ARN conclusion that a group-based restriction of bisphenols is appropriate. - Clarify that this draft regulation prohibits intentional use, as previously communicated. - Clarify the definition of a bisphenol derivative (and align with ECHA ARN). - Clarify the relationship between this draft regulation and the review of the FCM regulatory framework.
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Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Jan 2023 · Food contact materials, Bisphenol, chemical policy

Meeting with Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner) and

10 Jan 2023 · Taxonomy, ESG ratings, CSRD

Meeting with Elena Montani (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius), Elena Montani (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)

6 Dec 2022 · Implementation of the Chemicals Strategy and phasing out of the most harmful substances

Response to Empowering the consumer for the green transition

25 May 2022

AkzoNobel, the global paints and coatings company, is leading the path to integrate sustainability in the way we do business. We have set clear and far-reaching sustainability ambitions, made a firm commitment and set carbon reduction targets for our whole value chain, validated by STBi. Hence, we welcome the opportunity to provide feedback on the European Commission’s initiative on strengthening the role of consumers in the green transition by enabling consumers to choose more sustainable products based on clear transparent and information as we believe these initiatives contribute to the way our industry should operate, throughout the whole value chain. As the European initiative will be regulated through a Directive our main concern is that EU members will all regulate this differently in their national laws, leading to fragmentation in the EU. AkzoNobel is supportive for harmonisation to prevent customer confusion by strengthening the EU Single market, even more since we have embarked on the green transition in the EU. We call upon the European Commission to choose as much a possible a harmonized approach and alternatively encourage Member States not to goldplate this EU regulation, especially when it comes to green initiatives that impacts consumers. We stand ready to further contribute to this debate, as well as share examples for better functioning of the Single market.
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Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft and

7 Apr 2022 · Meeting with CEO Alliance on Digitising Energy Action Plan

Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

27 Oct 2021 · Discussion with CEO Alliance for Europe’s Recovery, Reform, and Resilience (R3) on contributions of industry to the transformation of Europe towards climate neutrality, in particular pan-European cross-sector projects.

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft and

18 Mar 2021 · European Green Deal as a growth strategy

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and Shell Companies and

13 Jan 2021 · Roundtable on the Green Deal, organised by the Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition, with the participation of the Dutch Prime Minister and other Dutch Government Ministers.

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft and

1 Oct 2020 · Discussion on Green Recovery

Response to Amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 relating to emergency health response

15 Aug 2019

AkzoNobel – a leading paints and coatings company with operations throughout EU Member States – welcomes the amendment of CLP Annex VIII presented in this draft delegated regulation, in particular the postponement of the application deadline for consumer products to 1st January 2021. This results in a more realistic date for implementation for both the National Poison Centers as well as industry. In order to mitigate for unintended consequences of the regulation and address workability, AkzoNobel requests the European Commission to consider two other issues: • The paint industry predominantly places on the market products composed of so-called mixture in mixtures (MiM’s). As a rule, MiM’s are changed on a frequent basis (for example because of a minor change in composition of raw materials) without resulting in fundamental changes in the hazard of these products and relevant emergency response measures. However, even when no fundamental changes apply, UFI’s would need to be updated, leading to an unnecessary burden in the logistic chains and potential strain on the system, with no benefit for consumer safety. AkzoNobel calls for a practical solution for this issue. • Moreover, the paint industry creates new mixtures at the point of sale, also known as ‘point of sale tinting’. Thousands of colors per product can be made in principle available through retailers. It remains unclear and unresolved how to generate new UFI’s at point of sales and how to upload those from point of sales to the ECHA portal. AkzoNobel would welcome a practical solution for this. Uploading all possible compositions will easily result in peta-bytes of information, which seems unproductive. For further comments AkzoNobel refers to the response submitted by DUCC.
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