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Final decision on open consultation on annual methodology review for PIX Recovered Paper Europe Indices

Fastmarkets invited feedback from the industry on the pricing methodology for PIX Recovered Paper Europe and Germany indices via an open consultation process between February 20 and March 20 2026. This consultation was done as part of our published annual methodology review process.

March 27, 2026
By Fastmarkets FOEX
Europe Pricing notice Recovered paper

No feedback was received during the consultation period, and therefore no changes will be made to the methodologies at this stage.

The consultation sought to ensure that our methodologies continue to reflect the physical market under indexation, in compliance with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) principles for Price Reporting Agencies (PRAs). This includes all elements of our pricing process, our price specifications and publication frequency.

For more information or to provide feedback on this notice or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these indices, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and recoveredpaper@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: PIX Recovered Paper Europe Indices.”

You can find the current methodology for PIX Recovered Paper Europe on Fastmarkets’ website.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, please go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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