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Orgalime - In Brief
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Welcome
Orgalime In-Brief edition 35. Earlier this month, Director General of Orgalime, Adrian Harris accompanied European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani, as part of a European delegation to the USA - Aim: to foster industrial cooperation and business relations with the US to help the European and American economies to foster growth and job creation.
Before leaving Brussels Vice President Antonio Tajani, responsible for Industry and Enterprises, said: "Our objective is to underline the importance of our industrial and economic relations with the United States. We strongly believe that reinforcing the transatlantic economy will be crucial in the coming years to foster innovation, growth and employment, in particular as the transatlantic relationship has an enormous potential which is not yet fully exploited" [more] Please continue to let other colleagues know about In-Brief by using the 'forward e-mail' link at the bottom of the page. |
 | Launch of Electra II report at the Hannover Messe: a path to effectively achieving growth in the EU | In June 2008 the Electra report was launched. Why? To determine what conditions needed to be met to ensure that the EU's electrical engineering and electronics industry, one of Europe's leading manufacturing and export sectors with an output in 2006 of some 320 billion euro and employing some 2.8 million people, should continue to grow, and at an even higher rate. Written by a team of experts from the electrical and electronics industry, CENELEC, the European Commission and the European Metalworkers' Federation under the joint chairmanship of Mr. Günter Verheugen, Vice-President of the European Commission and Pr. Edward G. Krubasik, former President of Orgalime, the Electra report was cited in the conclusions of the Competitiveness Council of May 2009 and, at the end of October in the same year, the European Commission issued a Communication 'Electra' (EU(COM(2009) 594 final). Now the Commission is due to report back to the Competitiveness Council later this year on the progress achieved. With this new Electra report "The Smart World", the electrical engineering and electronics industry aims to: - Briefly analyse the results of the first Electra report, looking at those areas where progress has been achieved and at those where more needs to be done
- Outline the changes that have arisen following the 2008-2009 economic crash, as well as the impact of this on Europe's electrical and electronics industry
- Re-examine the challenges at societal level that Europe faces today and present proposals which are both supportive of European policies and ensure that the industry continues to invest, grow and employ more people in Europe.
Our President, Richard Dick, opened the proceedings and moderated a panel on 'smart' infrastructures at an event attended by some 140 people including Mr. Antti Peltomäki, Deputy Director General of DG Enterprise and Industry who made the keynote speech [more] |
| More efficient border controls and better cooperation with industry stakeholders..? |
As stated in the Manifesto of the European machinery industry, "the earlier the products are checked in the supply chain, the less damage they cause on the market if they are not compliant". However, the overwhelming majority of non-food-or-feed products (less than 0.02% are checked according to the Dutch authorities) are not checked at the EU borders.
This situation is worrying for lawful market operators established in the EU who suffer from unfair competition from non-compliant imports...[ more] |
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EP IMCO Report on the EC proposal for a Regulation on European Standardisation
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Following the excellent report of Rapporteur, Ms Lara Comi,Orgalime were very happy with the outcome of the vote of the EP Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) concerning the Commission Proposal for a Regulation on European standardisation - COM(2011)315. Orgalime welcomes the European Parliament's efforts to ensure the private and voluntary governance of ESOs and the market relevance of draft EC standardisation requests, as well as taking into consideration the international aspects of standardisation. [ more] |
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Consultation on Delivering more Sustainable Consumption and Production - Orgalime's views
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Orgalime were happy to participate in the consultation "Delivering more Sustainable Consumption and Production". However, the format considered appears to us as inappropriate as it pre-indicates certain choices (i.e. extension of the Eco design Directive to further products and further parameters), which Orgalime strongly object to, as we do not believe that consultation should lead to foregone conclusions on the way forward, in particular when these suggest yet more modifications of the legal framework. Such an approach is clearly not in line with Better Regulation and transparent policy and regulatory approach.
Therefore, Orgalime have produced a response taking into account the background document and questionnaire, especially on the three following issues:
- Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) and Sustainable Industrial policy (SIP)
- Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)
- Environmental Footprint of Organisations (OEF)
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| Revision of the Commission Blue Guide - Joint letter to the European Commission and the subsequent response | |
Orgalime really do urge the Commission to revise the Guide to the implementation of directives based on the New Approach and the Global Approach (known as the Blue Guide) as a matter of urgency, with a view to promoting a common understanding of certain new aspects arising from the New Legislative Framework (NLF). This should be done prior to the national implementation of directives based on the NLF in order to avoid divergences among Member States [ more ] And this is what the European Commission had to say [ more] |
| RoHS - Industry's common understanding of the scope provisions of Directive 2011/65/EU |
Following Orgalime's recent participation in the RoHS2 FAQ Working Group meeting, our industry has provided an outline document detailing its understanding of the scope provisions of Directive 2011/65/EU on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment ("RoHS2")...[ more]
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| Suggestions to improve the wording of the RoHS FAQ in relation to the application of the New Legislative Framework |
The Directive on the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS) was aligned with the New Legislative Framework (NLF) following its revision on 8 June 2011. It therefore clarifies the requirements applying on the different economic operators, including compliance requirements of manufacturers with CE marking and technical documentation and verification requirements of subsequent actors in the supply chain.
The European Commission has recently launched the revision of the Frequently Asked Questions on RoHS (2005) which, among other issues, address questions relevant to the fulfilment of obligations deriving from the New Legislative Framework.
Orgalime urges the European Commission to align as much as possible the interpretation of NLF provisions in the FAQ on RoHS with the interpretation given in the "Guide to the implementation of directives based on the New Approach and the Global Approach", known as the "Blue Guide". Orgalime fears that diverging interpretations will only create additional administrative burden and confusion for compliant economic operators, while opening up opportunities for rogue traders to exploit these divergences in interpretation [ more] |
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Sincerely,
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Orgalime, the European Engineering Industries Association, speaks for 34 trade federations representing some 130,000 companies in the mechanical, electrical, electronic, metalworking & metal articles industries of 22 European countries. The industry employs some 9.7 million people in the EU and in 2010 accounted for some €1,510 billion of annual output. The industry not only represents some 28% of the output of manufactured products but also a third of the manufactured exports of the European Union.
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