Orgalime - In Brief
Manufacturing a Stronger and Greener Europe 
The European Engineering Industries Association

Edition 44, April 2013
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Orgalime In-Brief edition 44.


Orgalime publications aim to provide the European engineering industries with documents that can help industry to draw up adequate business contracts and give practical advice on frequently occurring legal questions. The publications are, for the most part, drafted by Orgalime member association lawyers.   

 

The first Orgalime legal publication was issued in the 1950s and the current listing now includes 27 titles, some of which have been revised several times in order to adapt to new or changing legislation.  The publications fall under 4 different categories: model forms, guides, general conditions of contract and other publications [more]

 

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Core messages for the transposition of the WEEE Recast Directive into national laws
In view of the transposition of the Recast Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive by EU member states, Orgalime, which represents producers of electrical and electronic equipment across all categories, calls on national legislators to ensure that the recast and its transposition lead to improved environmental protection, as well as greater efficiency and more effective enforcement of the Directive.  It is vital that the Recast and its transposition do not create additional administrative burdens for producers to comply with, without any environmental benefit, given the goals of the Recast and that producers have made investments, both financial and human, for ensuring compliance with the Directive [more] 
No need to reform the internal market for industrial products

Orgalime welcomes the European Commission's open consultation of stakeholders on remaining barriers to the free movement of industrial products.  We support the Commission's statement in its 'Industrial Policy Communication Update': a fully functioning internal market is a "key tool to achieve a highly competitive social market economy".  

 

In this context, engineering companies represented by Orgalime in Europe have 6 key messages to communicate to policy makers.
  • Professional non-harmonised sectors do not require harmonised health and safety regulation at European-level.
  • In harmonised sectors, full harmonisation is needed for all national rules and requirements for placing products on the market.
  • Market surveillance needs to be stepped up.
  • Products and applications related to Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) do not require specific legislation; some adjustments in existing legislation could support the uptake of KETs.
  • Products and applications related to 3-D printing do not need to be specifically regulated at EU level.
  • Harmonised legislation at EU level should be consistent.
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"Green single market for green growth": neither good for consumers nor for manufacturers  

 

Having reviewed the Draft Commission Recommendation on the use of Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and the Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF) methods, both Orgalime and ANEC are extremely disappointed that, notwithstanding their joint opposition to the draft proposal, the Commission should once again have opted for yet more big brother 'voluntary' regulation.   

 

Orgalime sees this proposal as representing an unreliable tool for creating demand for better and greener products in the EU, while it risks exposing companies to unfair competition and to market distortion as consumers would base their buying decisions on misleading information [more]

European Conference 'SMEs and Standardization' - Registration now available on-line

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]

Standards should be a yardstick, not back-door legislation            

HesaMag is a magazine all about health and safety at work. It is published twice a year, and sets out to show that occupational health is not just something for specialists but both a big political issue and a daily concern for millions of workers.   

 

The European Trade Union Institute is the independent research and training centre of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) which itself affiliates European trade unions into a single European umbrella organisation. The ETUI places its expertise - acquired in particular in the context of its links with universities, academic and expert networks - in the service of workers' interests at European level and of the strengthening of the social dimension of the European Union.   

 

Adrian Harris, Director General of Orgalime, gave this interview on the role of standards...[more]  

 

"One of the few organisations that has direct access to the decision makers of the EU....." says Dr Gerhard Chlapek, President of FMMI
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Find out why Orgalime is attracting new members....
Intended to be more dynamic, the recently published 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 being 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  
Orgalime, the European Engineering Industries Association, speaks for 38 trade federations representing some 130,000 companies in the mechanical, electrical, electronic, metalworking & metal articles industries of 23 European countries. The industry employs some 10.3 million people in the EU and in 2012 accounted for some €1,840 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.