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Orgalime - In Brief
Manufacturing a Stronger and Greener Europe
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Electra II - The Smart World (+ annexes)
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Welcome
Orgalime In-Brief edition 41.
On 18 January, the College of Commissioners will conduct an 'orientation debate' discussing competitiveness - something we think we know just a little about.
To help their discussions, the entire college has been delivered personal copies of our joint (with CEEMET) manifesto 'Manufacturing a Stronger and Greener Europe'. As President Barroso had said "...you can count on my personal commitment to make sure that creating the right conditions for industry remains at the core of the European agenda", we are hoping this will be one of many cohesive discussions that will see industry, in particular the European engineering industry, lead the revival of the European economy [ more]
Please continue to let other colleagues know about In-Brief by using the 'forward e-mail' link at the bottom of the page. |
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Orgalime President Richard Dick, debating European manufacturing challenges with Anthea McIntyre MEP
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In a special studio edition of 'Europe & You', Richard Dick was asked whether manufacturing still has a chance in the UK and in Europe. In recent years orders have slumped and millions of jobs have been lost. Meanwhile in the Far East production continues to grow.
See what he said....[more] |
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Which are the TOP 10 most burdensome legislative acts for SMEs?
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Responding to the European Commission's consultation document, Orgalime strongly emphasises that, regardless which aspect is regulated, the legislator should only prescribe the aim and leave manufacturer deciding how to reach the general goals. Implementation measures must neither discriminate, nor forbid a particular technology, but they must be neutral with regard to different technical solutions. We welcome this initiative by the European Commission, which is to identify EU legislation that is particularly harmful to SMEs. However, a lot of burden for SMEs comes from not only the application - but also the non-application of EU legislation. Besides the traditional national gold-plating, often SMEs suffer from the difficult application of rules, as they must be in line with regional, national and EU provisions, such as for statistics. Likewise, SMEs suffer greatly when EU legislation is applied in different ways among the EU countries. This is especially true for public procurement and product standards. Finally, they also suffer from non-application of EU law, as is the case for the lack of market surveillance. [more] |
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Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on public procurement, COM (2011) 896, repealing Directive 2004/18/EC
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In the context of the modernisation of European policy in the field of public procurement, Orgalime expresses its support for the simplification efforts aimed at preserving the openness of Europe's public procurement market, and endorses the aim to improve companies' access to public procurement tenders. Orgalime strongly believes that the main goal of public procurement rules must be to achieve efficiency in public spending and ensure the best economic value for taxpayers' money at the same time as opening up the internal market and fostering a competitive environment [ more]
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| European Conference 'SMEs and Standardization' - 28 May 2013 (save the date!)
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European Standards offer a wide range of benefits to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). They enable companies to improve their efficiency and competitiveness, minimise waste and reduce costs. They ensure the quality and safety of products and services, and make it easier to sell them throughout Europe and around the world. They help to create a level playing field, allowing SMEs to access more markets and attract new customers. SMEs can take full advantage of the benefits and opportunities offered by European Standards, but often don't know how.
The European Standards Organisations, national standards bodies and business associations are working together to improve the value of standards for SMEs, and to make sure that every business can take full advantage of all that standards have to offer [ more] |
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| So, just what has Orgalime membership got to offer? Listen to the testimonials... |
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Intended to be more dynamic, the new Orgalime website design offers easy to find content on the issues that are important to European engineering. Be it our latest position papers, news or events or what's hot in the legal publications produced by Orgalime and widely sought after, the intuitive navigation gets you there quickly.
Once you found what you want, why not share it?! Easy to do with the site fully integrated with social media tools.
Want to know what's happening in the various member states? Our members' feeds are integrated into a 'network news'. Additionally, there is a dynamic 'engineering news' feed [ more]
Sincerely,
Orgalime Secretariat
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Orgalime, the European Engineering Industries Association, speaks for 39 trade federations representing some 130,000 companies in the mechanical, electrical, electronic, metalworking & metal articles industries of 23 European countries. The industry employs some 10.2 million people in the EU and in 2011 accounted for some €1,666 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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