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European Chemicals Agency supports EU-wide measures with appropriate exemptions and controls to address the increasing and long-term risks that PFAS pose to humans and the environment.
Europe is actively working on a restriction policy on PFAS. European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published an interesting list in March 2026 with all the uses of PFAS across industrial sectors.
Since 1 January 2026, Walloon taxation has changed for industry. The decree of 18 December 2025 ends the exemption from property tax on machinery and equipment (M&E), which had been in place for...
The impact of EU trade agreements on stainless steel at a glance
In the context of the revision of the BREF STM, a European reference document on best available techniques for surface treatment, VOM is organizing a series of visits to industrial sites at several...
On 13 March 2026, the Flemish Government definitively approved the transposition of the revised Industrial Emissions Directive (IED). The deadline for transposition is 1 July 2026. The new rules...
Heat stress is becoming a key challenge for Belgian housing construction. New insights from KU Leuven and Archipelago Architects, commissioned by VEROZO, show why summer comfort is becoming...
To support companies in their transition towards a more sustainable economic model, the Sustainable Development Unit of AKT for Wallonia is publishing a new practical guide.
