Employers Federation of Romanian Chemistry and Petrochemistry

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Employers Federation of Romanian Chemistry and
Petrochemistry

• Ph.d. eng. Ioan Cezar CORACI

30 May, Bucharest
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Fepachim structure

• NITROFOSFOR-The Employers Organization of the
  Romanian Chemical Fertilizers Manufacturers.
• ASPAPLAST- The Employers Organization of the
  Romanian Plastics Manufacturers.
• APRIC -The Employers Organization of the Romanian
  Rubber Manufacturers.
• APMR- The Employers Organization of the Romanian
  Pharmaceuticals Manufacturers.
• PPR Oil Employers Organization
• Other companies from the chemical branches
• organics
• inorganics
• petrochemicals.

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Representativity of FEPACHIM

• The representativity at branch level was renewed
  by the civil sentence nr. 7/22.04.2005 of the
  Bucharest Court of Justice
• The sentence recognizes the meeting of the legal
  requirements necessary to negotiate and sign the
  collective labour agreement.
• FEPACHIM reunites 116 companies and 52.763
  employees, respectively 54.1 of the total number
  of employees of the chemical and petrochemical
  sector (which is of 97.500 employees source
  National Statistical Institute).

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FEPACHIMs Mission

• To promote the common professional interests of
  the companies represented by its members
• To inform the decision-making process at
  Governmental level so that policies and
  legislative proposals which affect business take
  account of companies' needs  
• To represent its members in the dialogue between
  social partners.

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FEPACHIMs objectives

• Promotes the common professional interests of the
  members by influencing the decision-making
  process so as the specific governmental policies
  to be concordant with the development needs of
  the companies
• Participates at the elaboration of the
  development strategy for the Chemical and
  petrochemical industry as well as to the
  national export strategy for the sector
• Participates at the transposition of the EU
  regulations in Romania
• Takes an active role in implementing the
  transposed regulations
• Negotiates and signs the collective labour
  agreement for the Chemistry and Petrochemistry
  branch
• Participates in the tripartite dialogue
  Government- Employers Organization Trade Union

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Cooperation with CEFIC (2002)

• CHEMLEG
• The Romanian Guide of the EU legislation
• Impact studies on the implementation of EU
  regulations
• A Training program for Romanian experts on EU
  legislation
• Over 100 experts on EU legislation certified by
  FEPACHIM
• 18 experts certified directly by CEFIC
• Assistance to improve member companies strategy
  for adapting to the legislative changes

• CHEMFED
• Training at CEFIC, UIC
• Project for FEPACHIMs development
• Participation in the elaboration of the Romanian
  environmental legislation
• Responsible Care Program in Romania

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Cooperation with CEFIC

• Harmonization of the Romanian legislation with
  the EU one consisted of
• Translation of the main directives of the EU
  concerning the chemical sector and monitorization
  of the implementation process
• The following documents have been finalized
• Guide on the Classification, packaging and
  labelling of chemical substances
• Guide on the Safety Data Sheets
• Guide on the Marketing restriction in the EU
• Guide on new chemical substances notification
• Guide on the risk assesment of the new chemical
  substances and the existent substances on the EU
  market

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Responsible Care- Cooperation with CEFIC -

• Responsible Care Program in Romania
• 2 meetings with over 80 participants from the
  companies chemical sector
• On this occasion there has been printed and
  distributed
• Guide on Responsible Care and Product Stewardship
• On the meetings resulted also the priorities of
  the Romanian chemistry regarding environmental
  protection, health and safety policy

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Activities for promoting Responsible Care

• Waste management
• FEPACHIM drafted a study on the Waste Management
  and Environmental Protection in the Romanian
  Industry
• The study presents the technologies used, wastes
  types and quantities (in the branches where there
  is a waste management system), environmental
  management methods, investments needed in the
  following sub-sectors
• Chemistry
• Rubber
• Plastics
• Colorants
• Pharmaceuticals
• Fertilizers
• Petrochemistry, Electronics, Energetics, Minning
  and Siderurgy, Food industry, Cellulose and paper

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Responsible Care - Implementing BAT -

• FEPACHIM participates together with the Ministry
  of Environment at the evaluation of the
  implementation strategy of the European directive
  96/61/EC Best Available Techniques (BAT)
• FEPACHIM initiated at national level the cost
  evaluation operation for introduction of the IPPC
• The evaluation are taken for the existent
  investments as well as for the planned
  investments by 2007
• Guide on Vapour Degrease Best Practices

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FEPACHIM Membership

• FEPACHIM participates at the ellaboration of
  sustainable developement strategies
• as a member of the Chamber of Commerce and
  Industry of Romania and Bucharest in the
  Collective Members Group
• as a member of the Reflection Group Functional
  market economy
• as a member of the Alliance for Romanias
  Economical Developement (ADER)
• as a member of the Export Council of Romania,
  where FEPACHIM coordinates The Commission for
  regulations, training and commercial defense

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SOCIAL DIALOGUE

• FEPACHIM participates at the Social dialogue by
  the activities it undertakes in
• the Social And Economic Council
• the Ministry of Environment and Water Management
• the labour courts of justice members of the
  empoyers organization in the counties of
  Romania.
• County Employment Agencies members in the
  consultative bodies of the agencies
• Social Health Insurance agencies
• Professional Association of Chemists and
  Petrochemists of Romania for professional risks
  prevention, rehabilitation and compensation of
  those who suffered accidents or professional
  diseases
• Sectoral Committee for Chemistry and
  Petrochemistry

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FEPACHIM future objectives

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• Drafting of a new colective labour agreement for
  the Chemical sector which will include the latest
  legislation changes
• Continue its participation in the program of
  preparing and validating the training standards
  for operators, technicians and foremen in the
  chemical and petrochemical industry
• Preparing the amendments to the environmental
  regulations adopted up to now
• Coordination of the establishment of a export
  promotion and support system for the
  (petro)chemical products together with the
  Foreign Trade Romanian Center
• Starting a project for Safe transportation of
  chemical substances and a monitoring system for
  incidents occured during transportation.

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Contacts FEPACHIM

• FEPACHIM
• Employers Federation of Romanian Chemistry and
  Petrochemistry
• Splaiul Independentei nr. 202 A, sector 6,
  Bucuresti
• phone/fax [phone]
• Webwww.fepachim.ro
• E-mail office_at_fepachim.ro