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Vacancy notice: EBC Standardisation Officer

The European Builders Confederation (EBC) is a European confederation exclusively representing construction crafts and SMEs in Europe. The EBC Secretariat, based in Brussels, ensures the day-to-day ac...

Omnibus Simplification Package: EBC position paper for a more SME and construction-friendly CSRD, Taxonomy and CSDDD

EBC supports the Omnibus Simplification Package to simplify sustainability reporting for construction SMEs, ensuring it doesn't burden them with excessive costs or complex requirements.

Green Deal: EBC met Diederik Samsom during monthly construction lunch

In the framework of the monthly Construction lunches initiated by Construction Products Europe in 2019, EBC organised the first edition in 2020 and invited high-level construction actors from the Euro...

Construction Products Regulation: legislative scrutiny time on its implementation

On 22 January 2020, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) of the European Parliament hold a legislative scrutiny session concerning the implementation of the Construction Produc...

Late Payment: ECJ considers Member States have to guarantee timely payment by public authorities

On 28 January, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice ruled that Italy had violated Directive 2011/7/EU on combating late payment in commercial transactions, because it failed to...

EBC welcomes the new Director of Small Business Standards

EBC is glad to welcome Maitane Olabarria Uzquiano as the new Director of Small Business Standards (SBS), the voice of European SMEs in standardisation. SBS is the European association created...

DigiPLACE Survey: assessing the digital maturity of construction SMEs and craftsmen

Funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme, the project “DigiPLACE – the Digital Platform framework for Construction in Europe” aims at assessing the feasibility of a European digital platform that...

Driving times and Tachographs: Political agreement recognizes construction specificities

Yesterday the TRAN Committee of the European Parliament approved the trilogue agreement on the “Driving times” and “Tachograph” Regulations reached before Christmas. The European construction ...

European Commission launches ‘fair minimum wage’ initiative

On 14 January, the European Commission (EC) presented a Communication on building a Strong Social Europe for Just Transitions, setting out how social policy will help deliver on the challenges...

Final NETconVET meeting in Madrid

After two and a half years of work, the NETconVET consortium met for the last time in the headquarters of the Fundación Laboral de la Construcción in Madrid on 15th...

EBC welcomes the European Green Deal communication

On 11 December the European Commission published its Communication on the European Green Deal, which displays an initial roadmap of the key policies and measures needed to implement both the...

SME Assembly 2024: EBC attends edition dedicated to how SMEs shape Europe’s future in Budapest