Position Papers

Commission proposal for a Directive on Environmental Liability

Orgalime, in line with most other trade federations, is truly concerned about a number of issues contained in the proposed EU directive on environmental liability after the first reading in the European Parliament, such as 'mandatory insurance'...
Published
11 June 2003
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Marking requirements of article 10(3) and article 11 (2) of Directive 2002/96/EC (WEEE)

In the course of the transposition of the WEEE directive into national law, European standardisation bodies will be mandated to draft a harmonised standard to fulfill the marking requirements of the Directive. In this context, the present position pape...
Published
13 May 2003
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Environment
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Draft Directive on workers' protection from exposure to electro-magnetic fields and waves (EMF)

WEM / Orgalime positionOrgalime has developped in close co-ordination with WEM (our sister organisation representing employers’ federations) and many European sector organisations a position paper on the Amended Commission Proposal for a Directive on t...
Published
20 March 2003
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Internal Market - Product Safety Legislation
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EN 50160 : Voltage characteristics of electricity supplied by public distribution system

Letter to Mr Pieter Parlevliet, Secretary General of CENELECOrgalime and its member federations and the European sector committees in the electrical and electronic field believe that standard EN 50160 on voltage characteristics of electricity supplied ...
Published
14 March 2003
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Internal Market - Product Safety Legislation
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Commission communication on industrial policy in an enlarged Europe

Orgalime welcomes the issue of present Communication, which we believe may go some way towards redressing the balance of the EU’s policy in the framework of EU’s policy and regulatory activity: Orgalime believes that, for too long and, notwithstanding ...
Published
3 March 2003
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Industrial Policy
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FA Draft Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework for Eco-design of End Use Equipment

Orgalime industries generally recognise the need and share the overall objective of integrating environmental aspects into product design. However, we believe, that in order to make this a valid framework directive for a future holistic approach to pro...
Published
18 December 2002
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Environment
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Orgalime comments on Commission "LVD UPDATE.2"

On 4 November DG Enterprise of the European Commission submitted a modified discussion paper, taking into account the results of the discussion that took place at the meeting of the Working Party on the LVD Update in September 2002.In this position pap...
Published
13 December 2002
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Internal Market - Product Safety Legislation
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Coherence of EU policy with regard to protection from electromagnetic fields (EMF)

Orgalime and WEM, the employers organisation of the metal trades in Europe covering the engineering, manufacturing and technology based companies represent between them about 200,000 companies employing some 12 million people.In this joint position pap...
Published
13 December 2002
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Internal Market - Product Safety Legislation
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Convergence of NACE-ISIC-NAICS Classifications "Project 2007"

Preliminary Orgalime Comments on the NACE revisionFurther to EUROSTAT consultation of the FEBIs on the new revised NACE nomenclature, which aims are supported by Orgalime, we are pleased to provide EUROSTAT hereafter with some preliminary views.We woul...
Published
12 December 2002
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Industrial Policy
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EU-US Foreign Sales Corporations dispute

Letter to Commissioner LiikanenFollowing the invitation of the Commission to present Orgalime’s views and comments on the list of products that could be subject to countermeasures, Orgalime reinforced in this letter to Commissioner Lamy and Commissione...
Published
18 November 2002
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