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The Voice
of the European
Construction Equipment
Industry
Business awards ceremony,
Geneva 17th October 2011
Valentina
Mauri, CECE
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Index
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
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The Voice of the European
Construction Equipment Industry
About
CECE as an
organisation:
 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
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The Voice of the European
Construction Equipment Industry
Industry behind
 1200 companies
CECE :
 120 000 workers
employed
 around 20 billion €
in 2010
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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
CECE’s
Mission
Statement:
... 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 ...
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CECE Activities
• 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
Steering Group
Presidents’
Committee
Executive
Committee
Chairmen of Commissions
Sections: product-related groups
Road e. / concrete e. / tower cranes / earthmoving e. …
Commissions: topic-related groups
Statistical / Trade Policy / Technical
Advisory Groups: new tool
Exhibition Policy / Technical Policy
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CECE – Organisational Structure
Technical Topics
Technical
Commission
Project
Teams
CONEQT
Exhaust emissions
Outdoor Noise
CECE – CEMA
High_level
CO2 Group
CECE –
CEMA –
Euromot
European
Commission
Consulting
Groups
ITF
Emissions
eg
GEME Group
Machinery Safety
Environment
CO2
Road Regulations
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Machinery WG
CECE – AEM
– CEMA KOCEMA
JTLM
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CECE Office in Brussels
Ralf Wezel
Secretary General
Valentina Mauri
CECE Policy Advisor
Stephan Belaen
CECE Tech Manager
Alisa James
Team Assistant
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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
[email protected]
Thank you for your attention
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