FEM welcomes the European Commission’s revised work plan 2020 that aligns with post COVID-19 recovery. As recovering from the most serious crisis of a generation will focus Member States and the European industry’s efforts and resources in the coming months, this decision rightfully reflects such a reality at policy level. In these difficult times, a… Read more »

FEM has provided detailed comments on a large number of proposals from various entities (mainly Member States) on the revision of the Machinery Directive (MD). These proposals were presented by the European Commission during the last Machinery WG meeting last February.  FEM insisted that the Directive’s current provisions are well-established and have been successfully applied… Read more »

FEM, together with CECE, CEMA, EGMF, Europgen, EUnited and Euromot has addressed its concerns to Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans regarding the implementation deadline of the SCIP database. Now named SCIP database: substances of concern in articles, as such or in complex objects (products), it aims to gather information on substances of very high… Read more »