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Paper Week 30 November 2005 Paper Recycling: Challenge and Opportunity for the Paper Sector Paper Week-Open Seminar: Wasted Opportunity? November 30, Brussels.

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1 Paper Week 30 November 2005 Paper Recycling: Challenge and Opportunity for the Paper Sector Paper Week-Open Seminar: Wasted Opportunity? November 30, Brussels María Gafo Gómez-Zamalloa Unit Forest-based Industries

2 Paper Week 30 November 2005 1. The main challenges for the EU Forest-Based Industries Outline 1. The main challenges for the EU Forest- Based Industries 2. How to overcome the challenges? 3. Ongoing and Future Additional Actions 1. The main challenges for the EU Forest- Based Industries

3 Paper Week 30 November 2005 1. The main challenges for the EU Forest-Based Industries  Cost and availability of virgin and recovered raw materials: wood, chemicals, recovered paper…  Evolution of energy/transportation costs  Evolution of the environmental framework in the EU and globally  Structural adaptation to a changing demand  Permanent technological and innovative update

4 Paper Week 30 November 2005 GmbH/S.A./Ltd./etc. (data from 3Q2004 for CEPI ) Source: Jaakko Pöyry Consulting Average Weighted Cost Structure of Paper & Board

5 Paper Week 30 November 2005 1. The main challenges for the EU Forest-Based Industries Outline 1. The main challenges for the EU Forest- Based Industries 2. How to overcome the challenges? 3. Ongoing and Future Additional Actions 2. How to overcome the challenges?

6 Paper Week 30 November 2005 2. How to overcome the challenges?  Paper and Board Sector: Opportunity to be Competitive and Sustainable  Authorities and industry act together towards this goal ►A new and broader commitment by the paper industry, recycling sector and other related stakeholders is needed.

7 Paper Week 30 November 2005  Advisory Committee on Community Policy regarding Forestry and Forest-based Industries: WG on Paper Recycling: - Current developments in EU Waste Policy - European Declaration on Paper Recovery - Paper recycling: latest developments and remaining issues - Discussion about a future commitment on behalf of the industry ►Welcome and support the initiative from the Industry to put in place a new –broader- commitment 2. How to overcome the challenges?

8 Paper Week 30 November 2005 Outline 1. The main challenges for the EU Forest- Based Industries 2. How to overcome the challenges? 3. Ongoing and Future Additional Actions 3. Ongoing and Future Actions

9 Paper Week 30 November 2005 3. Ongoing and Future Actions  Improve the framework conditions for manufacturing industry and ensure the consistency of policy areas.  Deepening and supplementing the framework for industrial policy taking into account the characteristics of individual industry sectors (including the forest- based industry) ►High Level Group on Competitiveness, Energy and Environment ►New Communication on Forest-based Industries New Communication on Industrial Policy:

10 Paper Week 30 November 2005  Promote sustainability and competitiveness in manufacturing industry  Further a greater coherence in environment and energy policies  Partnership with all stakeholders, strengthening Better Regulation  Scope: complex interaction between competitiveness, energy and environment HLG on Competitiveness, Energy and Environment 3. Ongoing and Future Actions

11 Paper Week 30 November 2005 New Communication on Forest-based Industries in 2006 3. Ongoing and Future Actions  Cumulative incidence of measures, specially energy and environment  Challenges for the Forest-based Industries  Measures to improve the competitiveness of EU forest-based industries

12 Paper Week 30 November 2005 3. Ongoing and Future Actions R&D + Innovation  Forest-sector Technology Platform www.forestplatform.org

13 Paper Week 30 November 2005 Thank you for your attention!


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