FEICA's Regulatory Affairs focus

Adhesives and sealants use a broad range of substances and are applied in many different products from all industry sectors. This means that FEICA covers a large number of topics and policy discussions. Some of our key topics are Construction (including EPDs), PU training, ​Good Practice, REACH and CLP, and Paper & Packaging.

FEICA has prepared Executive Summaries treating as priorities certain initiatives of the European Commission. Each Executive Summary describes the current situation and the issues involved regarding the initiative, notes the status, and the timeline and next steps to be taken, and lists the main players and relevant FEICA activities. Thus, these Executive Summaries serve all stakeholders as invaluable sources of information regarding key initiatives of the Commission and regarding FEICA’s efforts to promote the best interests of the adhesives and sealants industry.

The FEICA Executive Summaries and Issue One-Pagers are reserved for FEICA member companies, national associations and their member companies and can be accessed via the FEICA Extranet here.

Executive Summaries: FEICA Priorities

• Chemicals Use and Exposure
• Mixture Assessment Factor (MAF)
• Construction Products Regulation (CPR)
• REACH Revision - Polymers registration
• Reform of the restriction and authorisation process Essential use concept
• Reform of the restriction and authorisation process - The Generic Risk Management Approach (GRA)
• Green Claims Initiative
• New Design Requirements and Consumer Rights for Electronics
• Repairability score for smartphones and tablets
• Sustainable Products Initiative Digital Product Passports
• Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive Revision of essential requirements
• Revision of Food Contact Materials Legislation

Executive Summaries: EU Green Deal Concepts

• The essential use concept 
• Safe and sustainable-by-design chemicals
• The ‘one substance, one assessment’ approach 

Activities of the FEICA Working Groups (FEICA Issue One-Pagers)

Each year, FEICA’s Regulatory & Sustainability Board (RSB) approves the issues on which FEICA’s Working Groups (WGs) and Task Forces (TFs) will be focussing. See the organigram here.

• Activities of the Paper & Packaging (P&P) WG and the Sustainability and Recycling of P&P TF 2024
• Activities of the OCF WG 2024
• Activities on Sustainability for 2024
• Activities of the Electronics WG 2024
• Activities of the Construction WG
• Activities of the Chemical Legislation WG 2024 (including the Polymers TF, the PU restriction and Occupational Exposure Limits (OELs) TF, the Poison Centres TF, the CSS - Chemical Strategy for Sustainability (REACH and CLP) TF and the Mixture assessment TF)
• Activities of the End of Life Vehicles (ELV) 2024