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Red tape: EBC attends European Parliament SME Intergroup breakfast on reducing reporting requirements by 25% Energy & Environment

Red tape: EBC attends European Parliament SME Intergroup breakfast on reducing reporting requirements by 25%

On 23 January, the Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the European Parliament held its first breakfast of 2024, dedicated to the issue of "Reducing reporting requirements by...

January 30, 2024 Read more
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Social affairs: EBC in the European Labour Authority yearly outreach meeting with social partners Social Affairs

Social affairs: EBC in the European Labour Authority yearly outreach meeting with social partners

Last week, on 16 January, the European Labour Authority (ELA) held its annual outreach event for social partners in Brussels, to which EBC was invited next to several other SME...

January 25, 2024 Read more
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Posting of workers: EBC discusses communication channels on posting at the European Labour Authority Social Affairs

Posting of workers: EBC discusses communication channels on posting at the European Labour Authority

In the context of the INFO-POW project on national communication streams on posting for companies and workers, the European Labour Authority (ELA) hosted the final INFO-POW conference and upscaling ev...

January 24, 2024 Read more
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Energy transition: EBC in new European Net Zero Alliance -ENZA video Energy & Environment

Energy transition: EBC in new European Net Zero Alliance -ENZA video

EBC Secretary General Fernando Sigchos Jiménez presented the interests of construction SMEs and crafts in last European Net Zero Alliance (ENZA) video. For EBC, being technology neutral is crucial to...

January 24, 2024 Read more
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Energy renovation: EBC contributes to the Renovation week of the Belgian Presidency of the Council Energy & Environment

Energy renovation: EBC contributes to the Renovation week of the Belgian Presidency of the Council

To highlight the strategic importance of the construction sector, the recently initiated Belgian Presidency of the European Council decided to organize its "Renovation Week" at the start of its term....

January 18, 2024 Read more
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Sustainable construction: BIO4EEB discusses 12 first month’s progress in Prague Energy & Environment

Sustainable construction: BIO4EEB discusses 12 first month’s progress in Prague

On January 11 and 12, EBC met the partners of the project BIO4EEB - BIO insulation materials for Enhancing the Energy performance of Buildings, co-financed by the Horizon Europe programme...

January 16, 2024 Read more
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Construction 2050 Alliance publishes its call and commitment for the new EU political term Digitalisation

Construction 2050 Alliance publishes its call and commitment for the new EU political term

In view of the European elections, last 13 December, the Construction 2050 Alliance released its Call and commitment for the new European Union political term, reminding how fundamental the constructi...

January 4, 2024 Read more
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Vacancy notice: EU Projects officer

Vacancy notice: EU Projects officer

The European Builders Confederation (EBC) is the association standing for the crafts, micro companies, and SMEs in the construction sector vis-à-vis the European Institutions. EBC is actively support...

December 20, 2023 Read more
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EBC welcomes constructionromande as new Swiss member

EBC welcomes constructionromande as new Swiss member

During the last EBC Board of Directors on December 19, it was announced that constructionromande will take over the mandate of the Geneva Federation of Building and trade FMB (Fédération...

December 19, 2023 Read more
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Energy Efficiency: First CondoReno Flemish National Advisory Board and Acceleration Workshop Energy & Environment

Energy Efficiency: First CondoReno Flemish National Advisory Board and Acceleration Workshop

On November 22, the CondoReno project reached a significant milestone with the convening of its first  Flemish National Advisory Board (NAB). Hosted by the Technical University of Delft, the meet...

December 18, 2023 Read more
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Health & Safety: Revised Asbestos at Work Directive in EU Official Journal Social Affairs

Health & Safety: Revised Asbestos at Work Directive in EU Official Journal

Following the interinstitutional agreement reached by European co-legislators at the end of June on the revision of the Asbestos at Word Directive 2009/148/EC, an almost unanimous approval vote by the...

December 15, 2023 Read more
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Energy efficiency: Council and Parliament reach agreement on EPBD revision Energy & Environment

Energy efficiency: Council and Parliament reach agreement on EPBD revision

On 7 December, during the last trilogue negotiation of the year, the EU co-legislators reached a long-awaited agreement on the recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), under...

December 15, 2023 Read more