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UNIFIED WATER LABEL MOVING FORWARD The Unified Water Label (UWL) has made significant progress during 2019, which was reflected in the winning of a sustainability award from Keele University in October.
The VMA/VRC Annual Meeting is usually an updbeat affair as association leaders gather to ring in the new leadership, talk about current issues and note accomplishments of the recent past. The 81st meeting, however, was even more celebratory than normal. (...)
Concerning the ongoing application of the CTAC Consortium for the use of Chrome-6, the European Parliament voted in March 2019 to reject the decision from the European Commission from February 2019 that would have granted a four years authorisation for use 3 (functional chrome plating with decorative character). Although the Parliament's vote is not binding, the Commission nevertheless decided to rethink their decision.
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CISMA and PROFLUID, members of the French Federation of Mechanical Engineering Industries (FIM), merge and become EVOLIS, a new professional organisation dedicated to mechanical equipment manufacturers.
CEIR is looking forward to continuing working with EVOLIS as it has done for many years with its founding member Profluid.
The last month of September, FLUIDEX, the Spanish Association for Fluid Handling and Process Technologies, as the Spanish representative and member of CEIR, assisted to the kick off meeting of the “Water Task Force” arranged by ORGALIM which was held in Brussels.
The European Commission opened a public consultation on the revision of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EU during the period of summer. In parallel, the European Commission mandated VVA consulting to conduct interviews with EU Member States' representatives, as well as relevant European associations. CEIR submitted its contribution to this consultation and replied to the interview with VVA Consulting.
CEIR, together with CEMEP (European Committee of Manufacturers of Electrical Machines and Power Electronics) and Europump (European Association of Pump Manufacturers), has prepared a Position Paper on the WEEE Directive. The position Paper addresses the national implementation of the WEEE Directive...
CEIR submitted its contribution to the Revision of the Machinery Directive. CEIR is satisfied with the current scope and provisions of the Directive. Within the part on Definitions, CEIR considers that the current definitions are appropriated and they do not need to be revised.
CEIR calls for consistency with (...)
Marketing and Communication Committee Meeting: 17 March 2020, Milan Board Meeting, 30 March 2020, Paris Sanitary Valves Technical Committee Meeting: 31 March 2020, Paris CEIR 2020 Annual Meeting & Joint Conference: 22-23 June 2020, Brussels
On 17/18 of June, the 2019 CEIR Annual Congress took place in Barcelona at the Roca Gallery. The Annual Congress was the occasion to celebrate the 60th anniversary of CEIR, and to organise an interesting conference touching a number of relevant topics for the taps and valves sector. Speakers of the Conference were:
CEIR is pleased to announce that the 2019 Annual Congress is taking place on 17/18 of June in Barcelona, at the ROCA Gallery. The Programme will consist of a Gala Dinner on (...)
Thermostatic valves and balancing valves are technologies that characterize the industry represented by CEIR. This is why the association has set up a special working group to follow the legislative work for these products at European and national level (...)
CEIR, as a member of Orgalim, fully supports and congratulates the association on its new brand identity and look forward to work together in shaping a good future for our industry.
PROFLUID, the French national association, member of CEIR, was at the heart of Franco-German discussions by participating in the symposium on energy efficiency and renewable energies on March 12 at the ISH exhibition in Frankfurt.
The Unified Water Label (UWL) has gained real traction in recent months and the industry now has an important opportunity to support the journey towards a Voluntary Agreement (VA), at the Brussels Ecodesign Consultation Forum, which will be held in June.
The European Commission DG Environment has invited (...)
FLUIDEX, the Spanish Association for Fluid Handling Solutions and Process Technologies is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its founding in 1989. In celebration of its achievements, FLUIDEX will host a networking event...
On 13 March, the Unified Water Label held a very successful event during ISH 2019 in Frankfurt, whereby the new style Label was launched. UWL now incorporates energy and brings together 4 existing European labelling schemes into one (...)
CEIR, as Member of the European Drinking Water Alliance, welcomes the Environment Council agreement on the General Approach on the Revision of the Drinking Water Directive. (...)
CEIR has submitted its contribution to the EC Inception Impact Assessment on a possible revision of the Machinery Directive.
