Position Papers

European standards: a useful tool for both the EU and companies, which deserves support with less bureaucracy

In the position, Orgalime focuses on the essential issues with a view to alerting regulators to the importance of not compromising the success of the European standardisation system (ESS) which contributes to develop a very wide range of different stan...
Published
13 July 2011
Tags
Internal Market - Compliance, Standards & Enforcement
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Revision of the Gas Appliances Directive (GAD) 2009/142/EC

During the meeting of the Working Group (WG) GAD Revision on 10 May 2011, the European Commission asked for the Orgalime opinion on some issues related to the alignment of Modules of the current text of the Gas Appliances Directive (GAD) to the require...
Published
16 June 2011
Tags
Internal Market - Product Safety Legislation
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Future European R&D and Innovation Funding System and the setting up of a new Strategic Framework for R&D and Innovation

COM (2011) 48Orgalime wishes to thank the Commission for launching a consultation and we herewith would like to express our views on the EU's plans for creating a new framework for research and innovation in Europe, as outlined in the Commission Gr...
Published
20 May 2011
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R&D and Innovation
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Industrial Emissions Alliance (IEA) common issues

DRAFT DOCUMENT for the development of guidance concerning the practical arrangements for the exchange of information on BAT as referred to in Article 13(3)(c) and (d) of the Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EUThe Industrial Emissions Alliance rec...
Published
13 May 2011
Tags
Environment
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ACEI position on the report on the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission on a common Transparency Register

(2010/2291(AVI))The Alliance for a Competitive European Industry welcomes the report on the conclusion of an interinstitutional agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission on a common Transparency Register (2010/2291(AVI)) adopted on 1...
Published
5 May 2011
Tags
Industrial Policy
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NLF interpretative Fiche - Distributor’s obligations for products in stock and used products

Clarification of the scope of Decision 768/2008/EC that the obligations of the distributor do not apply to products already in stock and used products.Article R5.2 of the Decision 768/2008 describes the obligations for distributors “before making a pro...
Published
3 May 2011
Tags
Internal Market - Compliance, Standards & Enforcement
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Energy Efficiency Plan - 2011

COM (2011) 109/4Energy efficiency is a key issue for European engineering industries represented by Orgalime.  As both major energy consumers and providers of the enabling technologies for achieving energy and resource efficiency, we welcome the Commis...
Published
2 May 2011
Tags
Energy & Climate
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Collective redress as a possible instrument to strengthen the enforcement of EU law

Orgalime is of the opinion that the existing systems of redress at national level offer a sufficiently effective legal framework. We do not see a need for the EU to interfere at national level and we question whether the introduction of supranational l...
Published
28 April 2011
Tags
Legal
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Industrial Emissions Directive - Safeguarding technical content of conclusions reached at Seville Technical Working Group

During the last Article 13 Forum on 9 March 2011, the Commission indicated that the guidance and BAT conclusions should be developed in a parallel process to enable that the lessons learned in developing BAT conclusions are reflected in the guidance an...
Published
28 April 2011
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Environment
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How to ensure fair competition in a globalised market and on whether origin marking of imports would enhance the competitiveness of the European engineering industry

(COM(2005)0661)Orgalime would like to reiterate its position that new legislation on obligatory marking of origin (made in) of imports would not have any positive effects on the competitiveness of the European engineering industries.Orgalime is of the ...
Published
19 April 2011
Tags
Trade
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