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Asbestos: EBC meets MEP Villumsen to discuss asbestos at work and SMEs Social Affairs

Asbestos: EBC meets MEP Villumsen to discuss asbestos at work and SMEs

Last week, on 25 January, EBC engaged in an open and constructive exchange with MEP Nikolaj Villumsen (The Left, Denmark), currently Shadow rapporteur on the revision of Directive 2009/148/EC on...

January 30, 2023 Read more
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Late Payment: Commission launches public consultation to review Late Payment Directive Economy

Late Payment: Commission launches public consultation to review Late Payment Directive

Back in in September 2022, EBC welcomed the announcement by the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of the upcoming review of the Late Payments Directive (LPD) as a...

January 24, 2023 Read more
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Construction Products Regulation: EBC meets with Swedish Presidency of the Council Standardisation

Construction Products Regulation: EBC meets with Swedish Presidency of the Council

Last week, EBC and SBS met with Sara Elfving and Lars Arell, respectively representatives of the Swedish Board of Housing, Building and Planning and Ministry for Rural Affairs and Infrastructure,...

January 23, 2023 Read more
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Taxonomy: EBC speaks about impact on construction SMEs in EU Circular Talk Economy

Taxonomy: EBC speaks about impact on construction SMEs in EU Circular Talk

Three days ago, on Monday 16 January, the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform (ECESP) organized its first EU Circular Talk of the year, under the title “The Taxonomy and Sustainable...

January 19, 2023 Read more
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Standardisation: Industry actors react to draft IMCO Report on the Construction Products Regulation Standardisation

Standardisation: Industry actors react to draft IMCO Report on the Construction Products Regulation

In December, EBC, together with SBS, FIEC and CPE have together suggested further improvement of the draft report of MEP Christian Doleschal (EPP/ Germany), Rapporteur on the CPR revision proposal...

December 19, 2022 Read more
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Social affairs: EBC invited to European Labour Authority meeting on engagement with social partners Social Affairs

Social affairs: EBC invited to European Labour Authority meeting on engagement with social partners

On 14 December, the European Labour Authority (ELA) organized a meeting in Brussels to continue the direct exchanges with sectorial social partners at European level. On this occasion, EBC was...

December 15, 2022 Read more
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Public procurement: EBC participates to High Level Construction Forum session on BIM in public contracts Economy

Public procurement: EBC participates to High Level Construction Forum session on BIM in public contracts

In the context of the High-Level Construction Forum, the European Commission organized this week the webinar “Building Information Modelling and Public Procurement - two allies,” where EBC was inv...

December 9, 2022 Read more
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SME Assembly 2022: dense programme but no focus on buildings Economy

SME Assembly 2022: dense programme but no focus on buildings

From 28 to 30 November 2022, the European Commission along with the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU are hosting the SME Assembly 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic....

November 29, 2022 Read more
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Standardisation: Joint EBC, SBS, FIEC and CPE reaction to the IMCO report for a revised Construction Products Regulation Standardisation

Standardisation: Joint EBC, SBS, FIEC and CPE reaction to the IMCO report for a revised Construction Products Regulation

Following today’s consideration of the draft report in the European Parliament committee responsible for the proposal for a revised Construction Products Regulation (CPR), and ahead of the future di...

November 29, 2022 Read more
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EPBD: EBC endorses industry call for a bottom-up approach for integrated system efficiency Energy & Environment

EPBD: EBC endorses industry call for a bottom-up approach for integrated system efficiency

On 28 November, 15 European organisations including representatives of the heating, cogeneration, biogas, infrastructure and gas sectors, along with SMEunited and EBC, have issued a joint statement ...

November 28, 2022 Read more
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Energy efficiency: EBC exchanges with property owners, consumers, and housing representatives Energy & Environment

Energy efficiency: EBC exchanges with property owners, consumers, and housing representatives

This week, the PadovaFIT and Save the Homes projects organised the event “Rising Energy Prices Driving Energy Renovation: The One-Stop-Shop Solution and the Role of Sectoral Actors” to trigger an...

November 23, 2022 Read more
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Asbestos: Commission presents plans for screening and removal in High-Level Construction Forum Social Affairs

Asbestos: Commission presents plans for screening and removal in High-Level Construction Forum

On Tuesday 15 November, the European Commission held a dedicated Webinar on the screening, registration and removal of asbestos, in the context of the High-Level Construction Forum (HLCF). The webinar...

November 17, 2022 Read more