MAY 2018 Newsletter N°352 Newsletter N°343 WELCOME TO EU GLASS INDUSTRIES NEWS Responsible Editor : V. FAVRY, Coordinator GAE - 89, Avenue Louise Box 5 – 1050 Brussels – Belgium Tel. +32(0)2 538 44 46 / e-mail. [email protected] / www.glassallianceeurope.eu MAY 2018 Newsletter N°352 Newsletter N°343 Table of Contents EU COMMUNITY NEWS .................................................................................. 2 EU LEGISLATION .............................................................................................................................. 2 TRADE POLICY .................................................................................................................................. 5 ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................................ 6 SOCIAL .............................................................................................................................................. 9 GENERAL MATTERS ....................................................................................................................... 12 GLASS NEWS ................................................................................................. 18 FLAT GLASS .................................................................................................................................... 18 CONTAINER GLASS ......................................................................................................................... 24 DOMESTIC GLASS ........................................................................................................................... 32 REINFORCEMENT FIBRES ............................................................................................................. 35 SPECIAL GLASS .............................................................................................................................. 36 DIVERSE ........................................................................................................ 39 1 MAY 2018 Newsletter N°352 Newsletter N°343 EU COMMUNITY NEWS NEW EU LEGISLATION Commission Regulations REGULATION (EU) 2018/675 of 2 May 2018 This Regulation amends the Appendices to Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards CMR substances. Entries 28,29 and 30 of Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 prohibit the placing on the market or use for supply to the general public of substances that are classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or reproductive toxicant (CMR), categories 1A or 1B, and of mixtures containing such substances in specified concentrations. The substances concerned (classified as CMR) are listed in Part 3 of Annex VI to the Regulation (see Appendices 1 to 6 to that Annex). Full Notice on page 4 at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2018:114:TOC 21192/OJL114 - 2018.05.04 REGULATION (EU) 2018/669 of 16 April 2018 This Regulation amends, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures. Tables 3.1 and 3.2 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 contain the list of harmonised classification and labelling of hazardous substances but only in English for all language versions of that Regulation. Table 3.1 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 has been amended several times to reflect technical and scientific progress, by adding, deleting or modifying substances or their classification. To take account of those changes and to ensure that all the chemical names in Table 3.1 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 are in the same language as the language versions in which that Regulation has been published, Table 3.1 needs to be replaced partially. Table 3.2 lists the harmonised classification and labelling of hazardous substances based on the criteria set out in Annex VI to Council Directive 67/548/EEC (4), which has been repealed with effect from 1 June 2015. 2 MAY 2018 Newsletter N°352 Newsletter N°343 As a consequence, Table 3.2 is to be deleted in accordance with Article 1(2) of Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1179 (5) with effect from 1 June 2017. That table should therefore not be changed. As a result Table 3.1 has been renamed to Table 3 in accordance with Article 2(2) of Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/776 (6) with effect from 1 June 2017. Revised entries are set out in the Annex to this new Regulation, which shall enter into force end of May 2018 and apply from 1st December 2019. Full Notice on page 1 at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2018:115:TOC 21193/OJL115 - 2018.05.04 Commission Delegated Directive DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/736 of 27 February 2018 For the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, this Delegated Directive amends Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for certain electrical and electronic components containing lead in glass or ceramic. In glass, lead provides crucial properties such as lowering the melting and softening points, improving workability, machinability, and chemical stability and others. Lead- containing glass can be used over a wide range of applications, including insulation, protection, resistance, bonding or hermetic sealing. Currently, substitution or elimination of lead in glass and/or ceramic is still scientifically or technically impracticable. Since for the applications concerned in categories 1 to 7 and 10, no reliable alternatives are available on the market or are likely to be available on the market in the near future, a renewal of the exemption with a validity period until 21 July 2021 is justified. In Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU, point 7(c)-I is replaced by the following: Electrical and electronic components containing lead in a glass or ceramic other than dielectric ceramic in capacitors, e.g. piezoelectronic devices, or in a glass or ceramic matrix compound, exemption applies to • categories 1-7 and 10 (except applications covered under point 34) and expires on 21 July 2021. • categories 8 and 9, other than in vitro diagnostic medical devices and industrial monitoring and control instruments, expires on 21 July 2021. • category 8 in vitro diagnostic medical devices expires on 21 July 2023. • category 9 industrial monitoring and control instruments, and for category 11, expires on 21 July 2024. 3 MAY 2018 Newsletter N°352 Newsletter N°343 Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 June 2019 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions. They shall apply those provisions from 1 July 2019 Full text on page 94 under: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2018:123:TOC 21194/OJL123 - 2018.05.18 Anti-Dumping Proceeding Initiation Notice of Initiation of an Anti-Dumping Proceeding concerning Imports of Solar Glass Originating in Malaysia The European Commission has received a complaint pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union, alleging that imports of solar glass, originating in Malaysia, are being dumped and are thereby causing injury to the Union industry. The complaint was lodged on 9 April 2018 by EU ProSun Glass on behalf of two Union producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of solar glass. The product subject to this investigation is solar glass consisting of tempered soda- lime-flat-glass, with an iron content of less than 300 ppm, a solar transmittance of more than 88 % (measured according to AM 1,5 300-2 500 nm), a resistance to heat up to 250 °C (measured according to EN 12150), a resistance to thermal shocks of Δ 150 K (measured according to EN 12150), having a mechanical strength of 90 N/mm2 or more (measured according to EN 1288-3), and having no more than 4,5 mm of thickness. The product allegedly being dumped is the product under investigation, originating in Malaysia, currently falling within CN code 7007 19 80 (TARIC codes 7007198012, 7007198018). The allegation of dumping from Malaysia is based on a comparison of the domestic price with the export price (at ex-works level) of the product under investigation when sold for export to the Union. On this basis the dumping margins calculated are significant for the country concerned. The complainant has provided evidence that imports of the product under investigation from the country concerned have increased overall in absolute terms and have increased in terms of market share. The evidence provided by the complainant shows that the volume and the prices of the imported product under investigation have had, among other consequences, a negative impact on the quantities sold and the level of prices charged by the Union industry, resulting in substantial adverse effects on the overall performance, the financial situation and the employment situation of the Union industry. 4 MAY 2018 Newsletter N°352 Newsletter N°343 In addition, the complainant provided evidence of a threat of further injury, in particular relating to the significant rate of increase