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CETS calls for coordinated participation in the SEAC consultation on the Cr(VI) restriction (updated 2026.06.17)

A decisive moment for the future regulatory framework of surface treatment in Europe The European regulatory process regarding the restriction of certain substances containing chromium(VI) has entered a crucial phase. The consultation on the SEAC draft opinion will open tomorrow, June 17, 2026, and will remain open for 60 days, until August 17, 2026. This phase represents an important opportun...
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CETS Meeting: From participation to influence

A new strategic chapter for European surface treatment representation On 30 March 2026, CETS held a meeting with representatives of its member associations to discuss the future strategic model of the organisation and the operational steps needed to strengthen its European representation. The meeting marked an important moment of alignment, confirming the need to move from occasional participa...
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Coordinated Advocacy for Complex Regulatory Files

CETS is expanding its network of institutional and advocacy contacts, with the aim of strengthening cooperation between organisations facing similar regulatory challenges. In this context, CETS is taking part in discussions connected to the other consortium on the Cr(VI) consortium initiative. This provides an important opportunity to exchange views with other organisations and to explore poss...
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Extraordinary Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Energy)

30 September 2022 - Jozef Síkela, Czech minister of industry and trade Main resultsEU energy ministers agreed on a regulation to address high energy prices and discussed further measures to mitigate high gas prices.  Regulation to address high electricity pricesEU energy ministers reached a political agreement on a regulation on an emergency intervention to address high electricity pric...
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STORYTELLING: The importance of surface treatment

What if? What if surface treatment did not exist? We’d have to get used again to rusty cars that fall apart after five years, unless the manufacturers would revert to steel plates twice as thick, like the American cars of the 1950’s. Many of these cars can still be admired in Cuba, … but you’d have to imagine them without the frivolous colours, since painting also belongs to the rea...
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