Association founded in 2002, registered as an International Non-Profit Association (INPA) under Belgium Law in 2008 (No 893758097).
The Pulp and Paper Value Chain Information System (P&P-VIS)
Pulp and paper manufacturers and chemical suppliers are working together to establish a standardized communication that fosters the exchange of chemical information and increases transparency in the value chain.
Support for the compliance work
The Harmonized Questionnaire includes the most important and frequently asked product safety and compliance questions that pulp and paper manufacturers address to their chemical and raw material suppliers. The Harmonized Questionnaire provides information that is not included in the safety data sheets such as food contact material compliance, ecolabel declarations or other market requirements, for example, vegan, kosher or halal certificate.
Industry specific list of declarable substances
In addition, the pulp and paper industry list of declarable substances (PIDSL) was formed. The list includes chemicals of concern that may not be declared in the safety data sheets but can be of concern due to for e.g. organoleptic or regulatory reasons.
Harmonized Questionnaire is free
(Excel version)
EPCG (European Pulp and Paper Chemicals Group), the association representing companies manufacturing auxiliaries for the pulp and paper making industry and CEPI (the Confederation of European Paper Industries) have contributed to this work. The Harmonized Questionnaire is available for everyone. It can be used as such to fill-in and exchange information via e-mail but the best results are achieved when also the web-based IT-tool is used as the information for a single product only needs to be inserted once. The Excel file may be downloaded here.
