News & events

​In the last month several actions have been done by CEIR and its partners on lobbying regarding Chromium trioxide. At the end despite all efforts voting in European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs took place according to party borders. Driven by some parties in the European parliament (EP) the president of the EP is now forced to comply legal actions (...)

A year after the outbreak of Covid19 pandemics,  the world economic sanitary crisis results anything but overcome, with strong  persistent criticisms in Europe, in North and South America above all, while in Asia sanitary emergency has apparently relaxed its grip. 

Generally speaking, total number is extremely heavy: (...)

21 May: CEIR Board, 14:00–17:00 CEST (via teleconference)

25 May: CEIR General Assembly, 9:00-10:30 CEST (via teleconference)

25 May: CEIR, EUROPUMP and PNEUROP ‘Get-To-Know-Each-Others’ webinar, 14:00-16:30 CEST

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REACH Waste Framework Directive - SCIP Database: is now in force but each member state will have its own procedures?

SCIP database entered in force last 5th, of January 2021 … despite all efforts and explanations from the Industry asking the European Commission to take time in order to do together something more efficient and proportional with respect to the actual final use of that big amount of data. Letters from tens of European Associations, including CEIR, (...)

Dear Readers,

The COVID-19 crises has changed the way we do things: how do we live, how do we work and how do we relate with the others, but has not stopped us from pursuing our goals, nor as individuals, neither as society. On the contrary, we have all become more resilient, adaptable and efficient.

CEIR reacted to the new normality (...)

To reach its objectives contained in the Renovation Wave Communication presented in October 2020, the European Commission is now working towards key action areas:

• Revision of the Renewable Energy Directive, including strengthening renewable heating & cooling targets (June 2021) 
• Introduction of minimum energy performance standards and a financing limit to the monthly expenditure of inhabitants.
• Revision of the Energy Efficiency Directive to extend the requirements scope of public administrations and increase their annual renovation obligations (June 2021) 
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Celebrated on the 8 March each year, International Women’s Day is a special opportunity to shine the spotlight on women working in our industry, highlighting their unique experiences and expertise, and what led them on this career path. 

CEIR, the European Association for the Taps and Valves Industry (...)

• CEIR Technical Committees - Week 8/9 (dates tbc)

• CEIR Marketing Committee – Friday 5 March, 10.00 to 12.00

• CEIR Board - Tuesday 9 March, 14:00–17:00 (via teleconference)

• CEIR Board - Friday 21 May, 14:00–17:00 (via teleconference)

• CEIR, Europump & Pneurop Joint Event - postponed to 9-11 May 2022 (more information to come) and replaced by virtual meetings :      

• CEIR General Assembly - Tuesday 25 May, 9:00-10:30
   
• "Get-To-Know-Each-Other" meeting between CEIR, Europump and Pneurop - Tuesday 25 May, 14:00-16:30 (more information to come)

During this year we have seen some development in the regulation of Chromium trioxide (CrO3), starting by end of February with a letter of the European Commission (EC) requesting applicants to submit a substitution plan for functional chrome plating with decorative character (use 3) until end of August 2020. 

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Following the compromise reached between the European Parliament and the EU Council under German Presidency on 10 November, both institutions still have to formally approve the final deal. Two Member States (Poland and Hungary) are posing conditions to giving their green light to the Council’s formal approval, which delays the adoption of the Plan and of the new EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the period 2021-2027.  

The EU Recovery Plan is granted with a total amount of €750 billion distributed between (...)

Sometimes trade fairs act in a fair way,  sometimes they have to be “pushed”.
Here follows the experience of Italian association AVR in 2020 while dialoguing with MCE and VALVE WORLD. Two examples of exhibitions involving segments of valves, taps and fitting, worldwide well known and appreciated.

The first one, MCE, is held near Milan in March of even years, VALVE WORLD in (...)

Italy's industrial policies are strongly conditioned by the emergency context that characterizes the whole of Europe (and of the world, excluding China).
A good example of this is the fact that, in 2020 and until today, the Italian Parliament approved a budget "overrun" of approximately 100 billion, dedicated to emergency measures resulting from lockdowns; moreover, the draft of the Italian Budget Law for 2021 provides for a new "COVID emergency fund" (approximately 10 billion budget) to support the production activities most affected by the pandemic. Finally, (...)

Dear Readers,

Never in our lives have we experienced an event with such a profound and traumatic impact on our way of living, working and relating to each other as this horrible pandemic brought about by the COVID-19 coronavirus.

This pandemic is affecting every part of the world, disrupting the lives of millions of people, causing heavy casualties and causing immeasurable economic damage.

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We are now in the very final stages of the transition period. Little has changed since the UK’s departure from the EU in January but that will not be the case in the New Year. Many important changes will happen on 1st January 2021, and here we highlight the top six for the bathroom sector. 

1.    Tariffs
Work continues on some form of agreement between the EU and UK but if this is unsuccessful then most favour national import tariffs will apply to EU27 exports to the UK after 1st January. (...)

Do you know the SCIP database and what you will have to do in the next months? Thanks to regular information along the year (through CEIR bulletins and other messages), you may know but a reminder may be helpful.

On ECHA website, you can read (main extracts with some underlined concerns):

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On Monday 21st September, a coalition of 40 industry organisations, among which CEIR and Orgalim, wrote a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calling for decisive action to solve implementation issues within the EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD), specifically the Substances of Concern in Products (SCIP) database (...)

Veltek, THE ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS OF PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL, HEATING AND VENTILATION MATERIAL, has joined CEIR. This new membership application was endorsed by the CEIR General Assembly in June 2020 (...)

CEIR paper supports the CTAC Consortium intention to develop a substitution plan for chromium trioxide, covering use 3 “Functional Chromium Plating for Decorative Purposes”.

Moreover, CEIR reiterates  the importance of granting a REACH authorisation for this use, since full alternatives to chromium trioxide are not available yet.

Recovery plans to lead Europe out of the coronavirus-induced recession, could enhance improvements in climate change brought on by the slow-down of the economy, and boost the home improvement sector, leading to greener homes, so says Unified Water Label MD Yvonne Orgill. 

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After the start of the pandemic, we made a survey among our members in order to measure the effects of it. When we examine, we saw that our members got %10 less demand/orders as planned for the 1st quarter of 2020. Their expectation for 2nd quarter is (...)