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European association for the Taps and Valves Industry

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Letter from CEIR's President, Carlos Velazquez

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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EU Recovery Plan - “Next Generation EU”

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 (...)

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REACH WFD - SCIP Database: update, risks and potential threat for our industry

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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Chromium trioxide for decorative Chrome plating - Latest developments

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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CEIR MARKETING COMMITTEE USEFUL AND STRONG LIKE A BAZOOKA …. TO SUPPORT OUR INDUSTRY!

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 (...)

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Brexit: the new EU-UK agreement

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. (...)

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The Italian Plan for Industry 4.0

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, (...)

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Dates of CEIR 2021 meetings

 

  • 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)
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