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Business awards ceremony, Geneva 17th October 2011Valentina Mauri, CECE

The Voice of the European

Construction Equipment Industry

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1.Introduction to CECE: business, structure

and members

2.Mission of CECE

3.Examples of self regulation: statistics and

standardisation

4.Other common activities and positioning of

CECE: communication and events

Index

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The Voice of the European Construction Equipment Industry

CECE is a registered international non-profit association according to Belgium law

Members of CECE are national associations of the construction industry

No direct company membership – but direct company involvement in the work

CECE is financed by membership fees and additional income

About

CECE as an

organisation:

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The Voice of the European Construction Equipment Industry

1200 companies

120 000 workers employed

around 20 billion € in 2010

Industry behind

CECE :

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CECE – The Voice of the European Construction Equipment Industry

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The Voice of the European Construction Equipment Industry

... representing and promoting the European Construction Equipment

and related Industries,...

... coordinating the views of National Associations and their members …

... influencing the European/national institutions and other organisations world-wide

to achieve a free and fair competitive environment via harmonized standards and regulations ...

CECE’s

Mission

Statement:

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CECE Activities

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• Connecting national associations

• Lobbying

• Technical Work (standardisation and influencing technicla legislation)

• Trade Policy

• Statistics & Economic Information

• Exhibitions – Cooperation & Policy

• Platform for our European Industry

• Worldwide Networking

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CECE – Organisational Structure

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Steering GroupExecutive

CommitteePresidents’ Committee

Chairmen of Commissions

Sections: product-related groupsRoad e. / concrete e. / tower cranes / earthmoving e. …

Commissions: topic-related groupsStatistical / Trade Policy / Technical

Advisory Groups: new toolExhibition Policy / Technical Policy

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CECE – Organisational StructureTechnical Topics

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Technical Commission

Project Teams

CONEQT

Exhaust emissions

Outdoor Noise

Machinery Safety

Environment

CO2

Road Regulations

CECE – CEMA

High_level CO2 Group

CECE – CEMA – Euromot

ITF Emissions

CECE – AEM – CEMA - KOCEMA

JTLM

European CommissionConsulting Groupseg GEME Group

Machinery WG

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CECE Office in Brussels

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Ralf WezelSecretary General

Ralf WezelSecretary General

Alisa JamesTeam AssistantAlisa JamesTeam Assistant

Stephan BelaenCECE Tech ManagerStephan BelaenCECE Tech Manager

Valentina MauriCECE Policy AdvisorValentina MauriCECE Policy Advisor

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Voluntary work, well defined rules

• All members of CECE participate on a voluntary basis: no agreement on common behavior or common decisions against competitors

• Groups gathering in CECE should be aware of competition rules and respect them.

• Exchange of confidential information on prices or marketing plans is forbidden!

Agreements to exclude competitors are forbidden

All behaviours causing distortions of market competition are forbidden!

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Voluntary work, well defined rules

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Statistics: voluntary and compliant

• Statistics on product groups are run by CECE

• Main statistical Committee at CECE defines the rules

and frequency for statistics reporting

• Data are collected by manufacturers directly

• Only those providing data receive reports on

statistics:

Great incentives for SMEs

Always in compliance: for each product MORE than 2

manufacturers have to report. If not, NO Statistics

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Technical Work: common work and objectives, no exchange of confidential information

• Stardisation: voluntary path to comply with the

mandatory legislation

• CECE works on standards to agree on state of the art

technology (work in CEN, UNECE etc)

• BUT standard remain only one option, companies can

develop their own way within or outside of CECE

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Self regulation work on policies and communication

• Agree on positions. Common messages to be

conveyed to the EU institutions on :

• Environmental topics,

• Market surveillance,

• External trade negotiations.

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Current common repositioning of the industry as

innovative and environmentally friendly

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Questions?

Valentina Mauri

Bd Auguste Reyers 80

1030 Bruxelles

Valentina.mauri@cece.eu

Thank you for your attention