At that time, 22 cases have been handled regarding the following sectors: - Motor vehicle (77%) - Industry (14%) - Construction and Off-Road equipment (5%) - Agriculture equipment (4%)
In 2022, the main issues of concern have been: - Access to technical information (43%) - Misleading communication (21%) - Approval procedure (14%)
Regarding Public Affairs, a point has also been made on this occasion on UEIL contacts and exchanges with the European Commission about the Type Approval Regulation (DG GROW) and the Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation (DG COMP).
Taxation Task Force The EU co-legislators are currently negotiating the revised Energy Taxation Directive that the European Commission published last year. This revised Directive is important for the lubricant sector to promote a level playing field in Europe.
Furthermore, related to UEIL’s objective to prevent the inclusion of lubes under the Excise Movement and Control System (EMCS), certain EU Member States are concerned about increased fraud with lubes across Europe and are once again increasing the pressure to include lubes under EMCS. UEIL will continue its outreach to the EU Member States in the coming weeks to express its concern and will discuss with the European Commission the option of a definition of ‘light lubes’ that might be included under EMCS at the end of 2022 or the beginning of 2023.
The European Commission has also decided to reduce the quota on GP II to 75K tonnes in the first half of 2022 and to 0 in the second half of 2022. UEIL is lobbying for a higher quota since the demand for GP II is higher than the supply in Europe and because it is difficult to change from one producer to another for lubricant blenders. In addition, due to the EU sanctions on Russia, demand for GP II by European blenders has even increased in recent months. Therefore, UEIL hoped that the European Commission was willing to extend the transition phase on the current quota on GP II after June 2022, which has not happened yet. At the end of December, Member
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States will discuss at the technical working level if a quota is needed for GP II for 2023.
Sustainability Committee
Corporate Carbon Footprint On 4 October, the Production and Logistics Working group hosted a webinar to provide guidance on the use of UEIL’s Corporate Carbon Footprint Toolbox. The event consisted of a presentation given by Peter Vickers (Vickers Oils, UKLA) and a Q&A panel discussion which included Mat Evans (Vickers Oils), Neil Milne (Lanxess) and John Eastwood (Cargill, UKLA). The webinar attracted 144 attendees, including representatives from 70 lubricant formulators and raw material suppliers, from across 18 different countries.
We would like to thank all the attendees and wish them continued success in their work to calculate their corporate carbon footprint, define their key performance indicators to address their carbon footprint hotspots, and in taking action to reduce their corporate carbon footprint.
UEIL would be delighted to receive feedback on stakeholders’ experiences in their sustainability journeys and their use of UEIL’s Corporate Carbon Footprint toolbox. Feedback will help us further develop and improve the CCF Toolbox for the benefit of the global lubricants industry community.
The webinar recording is available for viewing here. If you would like to provide feedback please do so via Secretariat UEIL
secretariat@ueil.org.
UEIL Congress
John Eastwood gave a presentation at the UEIL Congress entitled ‘UEIL’s Sustainability Journey (2019 – 2022)’. The presentation provided a summary of the objectives of the Sustainability Committee, an overview of the changing regulatory and customer landscape, an update concerning the major activities within the three Environmental working groups and a summary of the achievement of the Sustainability Committee in the last 12 months. The progress made is attributable to the dedication of many individuals and the support given to them by their organisations. A copy of the presentation ‘UEIL’s Sustainability Journey (2019 – 2022)’ can be found here.
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