Downstream Users of Chemicals Co-ordination Group
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Sept 2025 | Gabriela Tschirkova Cabinet member | Simplification chemicals | — |
| 02 Sept 2025 | Gabriela Tschirkova Cabinet member | Simplification chemicals | SRC |
| 22 May 2025 | Vilija Sysaite Cabinet member | REACH, CLP | — |
| 22 May 2025 | Vita Jukne Cabinet member | Chemicals policy and REACH revision | SRC |
| 22 May 2025 | Vilija Sysaite Cabinet member | REACH, CLP | SRC |
| 22 May 2025 | Vita Jukne Cabinet member | Chemicals policy and REACH revision | — |
| 21 Mar 2017 | Rolf Carsten Bermig Cabinet member | Reach evaluation | — |
| 21 Mar 2017 | Rolf Carsten Bermig Cabinet member | Reach evaluation | SRC |
| 14 Jul 2015 | Peter van Kemseke Cabinet member | Industrial initiatives in the field of energy efficiency. Case: Zeeland. | SRC |
| 14 Jul 2015 | Peter van Kemseke Cabinet member | Industrial initiatives in the field of energy efficiency. Case: Zeeland. | — |
Mission & Goals
DUCC offers a platform for associations whose member companies use chemicals to formulate mixtures (as finished or intermediary products) for professional and industrial users, as well as for consumers. These eleven European-based associations represent represents several important “downstream” industry sectors, ranging from cosmetics and detergents to aerosols, paints, inks, toners, pressroom chemicals, adhesives and sealants, construction chemicals, fragrances, disinfectants, lubricants, and chemical distributors industries. DUCC aims to contribute to the successful implementation of the requirements of the REACH and CLP Regulations. DUCC’s objectives are to: - offer a platform for associations/federations of downstream users of chemicals, which formulate and/or place on the market chemical mixtures intended for end-users, where they can exchange information and expertise, work on issues of common interest and build up common positions towards other stakeholders; - advise and help
EU Legislative Interests
REACH (including follow-up actions from the 2017 review); REACH restriction on microparticles; CLP; Better Regulation; EU Green Deal; One Substance One Assessment; ECHA Basic Regulation; Interface between Chemicals, Products and Waste, Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS), Occupational Safety and Health (OSH); Explosive precursors; Transition Pathway, Animal Testing, Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), Digital Product Passport (DPP).
Communication Activities
DUCC is a Stakeholder of the Helsinki Chemical Forum DUCC was a Stakeholder of the HBM4EU initiative - Human Biomonitoring for Europe DUCC is a part of the PARC (Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals) Stakeholder Forum DUCC is part of the multi-stakeholder initiative initiated by ECHA: the Exchange Network on Exposure Scenarios (ENES). This forum is currently dormant but DUCC continues to be active on this topics of ENES. DUCC is in the reserve list of the Expert Group on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products and Energy Labelling ('the Ecodesign Forum' - EG 03969). DUCC is part of the Steering Board of the Critical Chemicals Alliance. DUCC partners with other stakeholders, such as the SME and craft sector, to produce guidance for a wider audience. For more information, also on our projects and publications, please visit our website: www.ducc.eu.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
HCF - Helsinki Chemical Forum https://helsinkichemicalsforum.messukeskus.com/ ENES - Exchange Network on Exposure Scenarios http://echa.europa.eu/en/about-us/exchange-network-on-exposure-scenarios HBM4EU - Human Biomonitoring for Europe https://www.hbm4eu.eu/ PARC - Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals https://www.eu-parc.eu/ Critical Chemicals Alliance https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/chemicals/critical-chemicals-alliance_en
Organisation Members
A.I.S.E., ATIEL, CEPE, Cosmetics Europe, CropLife Europe, EFCC, FEA, Fecc, FEICA, IFRA and I&P Europe. For more details, please visit: http://www.ducc.eu/Members.aspx
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