CEPMC and Construction Products

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EB 03/049C
Overview of CEPMC Activities
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• Construction Materials and Products Industry
• Around 4 of (existing) European Union GPD
• Around 20 of total EU manufacturing output
• 2,5 million jobs (excluding distributive trades)
• 20,000 different construction products
• Much more to come in the new Europe of 25-30
  Members!

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CEPMC Membership Typical example
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• CEPMC Membership(www.cepmc.org)
• 17 National Members
• - 13 EU Member States (all except
  Luxembourg, Greece)
• - Switzerland, Norway
• - 2 Accession Countries Hungary and
  Latvia
• Welcoming other Accession Candidate Countries
• - Bulgaria, Estonia, Turkey likely to
  join
• 23 Associate Members cover nearly ALL
  sectors!

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• CEPMC Organisation (1)
• ASBL (not-for-profit organisation)
• Ordinary Members (voting)
• Associate Members (non-voting) -
  Membership fee of 2,120 Euros
• CEPMC President elected for 2-3 years
• Annual General Assembly (Associate Members
  invited)
• Executive Board (3 times a year)

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• CEPMC Organisation (2)
• 1 Secretary General (50 of time)
• 1 Assistant (50 of time)
• 1 Technical Affairs Manager (100)
  dealing with CPD and Fire issues
• Much of work and attendance of meetings done by
  members
• Budget 2003 170,000 Euros

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• CEPMC Organisation (3)
• CPD, Fire and Environment Working Groups
  meet 3 times a year
• Mineral Resources Working Group meets when
  required

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• CPD Working Group
• Strategic debate on the further developments of
  the CPD
• Completion of harmonised Standards
• Monitor implementation of CE-Marking
• Information exchange
• Market Surveillance
• Voluntary Marks (Task Group)
• CEN Keymark
• Monitor development of notified bodies
• Developing Policy on Regulated Substances

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• Environment Working Group
• EICP (Environmental Information on Construction
  Products)
• Environmental aspects of product standards (in
  general)
• Energy efficiency in buildings
• Sustainable Construction
• Construction and Demolition Waste
• General policies environmental liability,
  energy products tax, etc.

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Contacts with European Commission staff
Contact Frequency X occasional XX
regularXXX frequent XX XXX XXX XXX X X X
X X
Directorate General Enterprise Environment
Energy Internal Market Research
Directorate (Letter) Unit (Number) E/1
Environmental aspects of Enterprise Policy E/2
Materials G/5 Construction A/2 Sustainable
resources - production/consumption and waste B/2
Nature and biodiversity G/2 Industry D/1 Demand
management B/3 Public Procurement G/2 Competitive
and Sust. Growth I/5 Preserving the Eco-system

• Issues
• - Environmental Policies
• - Raw Materials Supply
• - Quarrying
• - Construction Industry Affairs
• - Competitiveness
• Implementation of CPD
• Integrated Product Policy/EPDs
• CD waste
• - Quarrying Waste
• - Construction Product EPDs
• Natura 2000
• Env. and Standardization
• - Energy Efficiency in Buildings
• - Greening of public procurement
• - Construction Research and

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• Construction Affairs
• ECF - European Construction Forum (Industry)
  www.ecf.be
• CCG - Construction Contact Group ( EC
  Industry)
• ECN - European Construction Network (Members
  States
• ECF observer)
• FOCOPE - Forum on Construction in the European
• Parliament (MEPs Industry)
  www.focope.com
• ECCREDI - European Council for Construction
  Research,
• Development and Innovation (Industry
  Building
• Research Institutes) www.eccredi.org