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Standardisation: Council and Parliament reach agreement on Construction Products Regulation Standardisation

Standardisation: Council and Parliament reach agreement on Construction Products Regulation

On 13 December, trilogue negotiations marked the concluding session of the year for the revision of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR), culminating in a provisional political agreement between...

December 14, 2023 Read more
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Circularity: EBC in CEN workshop on Circular Technologies and Standards for Construction Standardisation

Circularity: EBC in CEN workshop on Circular Technologies and Standards for Construction

In the context of its annual conference “Putting Science Into Standards”, the European Committee for Standardisation CEN and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre JRC invited EBC to in...

December 14, 2023 Read more
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EBC President Philip van Nieuwenhuizen elected as new Board Member of SMEunited

EBC President Philip van Nieuwenhuizen elected as new Board Member of SMEunited

At the occasion of the last SMEunited General Assembly, on 1 December, EBC President Philip van Nieuwenhuizen, as the candidate of the Dutch SME organization MKB-Nederland, was officially elected as...

December 12, 2023 Read more
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Fire Safety: EBC supports the #KeepEUFireSafe campaign Social Affairs

Fire Safety: EBC supports the #KeepEUFireSafe campaign

A coalition of consumer groups, fire safety experts, and industry leaders has launched a campaign calling for an EU-wide Fire Safety Strategy, in the context of the 2024 European elections...

December 12, 2023 Read more
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Skills: EBC renews its European Alliance for Apprenticeships pledge Social Affairs

Skills: EBC renews its European Alliance for Apprenticeships pledge

This summer, EBC attended the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) high-level event held in Brussels in the context of the European Year of Skills. The event marked the Alliance’s 10th...

December 4, 2023 Read more
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EU Year of Skills: EBC talks about construction skills in SMEunited conference and REHVA summit Social Affairs

EU Year of Skills: EBC talks about construction skills in SMEunited conference and REHVA summit

In line with its action during the European Year of Skills (EYS), EBC was invited to bring a construction perspective at various events addressing the skills needs of the European...

December 1, 2023 Read more
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Energy efficiency: EBC exchanges with Brussels property owners in UIPI Renovation Tour Energy & Environment

Energy efficiency: EBC exchanges with Brussels property owners in UIPI Renovation Tour

As a continuation of the long-standing collaboration with the International Union of Property Owners (UIPI), particularly on issues relating to the energy performance of buildings, EBC was invited to ...

November 30, 2023 Read more
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Women in construction: EBC organizes a HumanTech workshop on digital tools for health and safety with local French female experts Social Affairs

Women in construction: EBC organizes a HumanTech workshop on digital tools for health and safety with local French female experts

In the framework of the Horizon Europe project HumanTech, EBC organized the workshop “Perspectives from construction professionals on HumanTech innovation in health and safety, digitisation and robo...

November 29, 2023 Read more
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Sustainable buildings: EBC contributes to Drive 0 Symposium on circular renovation Energy & Environment

Sustainable buildings: EBC contributes to Drive 0 Symposium on circular renovation

As part of its ongoing exchanges with construction stakeholders in Brussels, EBC has been invited by partners to talk about the green transition in construction, energy efficiency, circularity and Eur...

November 29, 2023 Read more
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Posting of workers: Coordination of social security systems – Prior notification for posting is a must in the construction sector Social Affairs

Posting of workers: Coordination of social security systems – Prior notification for posting is a must in the construction sector

Brussels, 27 November 2023 - In the context of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) meeting on 27 and 28 November, but also in view of the efforts...

November 27, 2023 Read more
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Standardisation: EBC attends Advisory Group on Construction Products and Standing Committee on Construction Standardisation

Standardisation: EBC attends Advisory Group on Construction Products and Standing Committee on Construction

The 20th meeting of the Advisory Group on Construction Products (AGCP) and the 17th meeting of the Standing Committee on Construction (SCC), both organised by the European Commission on November...

November 23, 2023 Read more
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Standardisation: SBS Construction Forum discusses the impact on SMEs of the under-revision CPR Standardisation

Standardisation: SBS Construction Forum discusses the impact on SMEs of the under-revision CPR

On 20 November, EBC and SBS successfully concluded the SBS Construction Forum focused on navigating the changes brought forth by the ongoing revision of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR). Hos...

November 21, 2023 Read more