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Withdrawal of the Proposed Restriction on 1,4-Dioxane in Surfactants

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced that Germany has withdrawn its originally planned restriction proposal for 1,4-dioxane in surfactants. This decision is based on new findings regarding the pathways through which the substance enters the environment, which were uncovered during regulatory investigations.

Statement by TEGEWA & VCI in Connection with BAT* – Textile Industry

The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUKN) presented a draft regulation at the beginning of 2025 to implement the EU Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) and the BAT conclusions for textiles into German law. The somewhat cumbersome title of the draft is: “Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschrift zur Umsetzung des Durchführungsbeschlusses (EU) 2022/2508 über Schlussfolgerungen zu den besten verfügbaren Techniken in Bezug auf die Textilindustrie.” The revised draft was sent to the relevant associations for comment as part of the consultation process under § 51 of the Federal Immissionsschutzgesetz (BImSchG).

This administrative regulation aims to transpose the requirements of the 2022 BAT conclusions for textiles and the revised IED Directive into national law. It includes extensive provisions on emission limit values, technical measures, and monitoring obligations. The impact on the textile industry is therefore enormous.

*BAT = Best Available Techniques

Election of TEGEWA Board 2024-2026

On June 7th, 2024, the association’s general meeting took place in Aachen. In addition to intensive exchange and fruitful discussions within the specialist groups and during the general meeting itself, the regular election of the board for 2024 – 2026, as well as the treasurer and auditors, was on the agenda.

The composition of the board is as follows:

The new chairman of the association is Mark Dohmen, Archroma. The deputy chairpersons are Birgit Holz, CHT, and Soeren Hildebrandt, BASF. The treasurer of the association is Ben Jones, Sasol.

The other board members:

Holger Bender, Pulcra
Karl-Ludwig Gibis, Clariant (since March 2025, Hermann Bach is representing Clariant on the board)
Wolfgang Goertz, Evonik
Felix Grimm, Zschimmer & Schwarz
Joachim Henkmann, Stahl
Florian Krückl, Kolb
Kristina Platkowski, Schill + Seilacher
Dietrich Tegtmeyer, TFL (since October 2024, Bianca Verstegen is representing TFL on the board)

As auditors were confirmed:

Michael Fleig, Sinarmas CEPSA
Friedrich Petry, Dr. Petry Textilchemie

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from left to right: Florian Krückl, Karl-Ludwig Gibis, Wolfgang Goertz, Birgit Holz, Ralf Kattanek (Managing Director TEGEWA), Ben Jones, Holger Bender, Soeren Hildebrandt, Felix Grimm, Dietrich Tegtmeyer, Mark Dohmen, Joachim Henkmann (Missing: Kristina Platkowski)