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We have identified 8 action areas where #EU and #national #policies can help shape a #sustainable European #ceramics sector. READ more in the Ceramic Manifesto 24-29 👉 https://bit.ly/3R0ubXp #essentialceramics

🎊 We are delighted to welcome MEP Stefano Cavedagna as a Member of the European Parliament Ceramics Forum (EPCF). Thank you for joining us! We look forward to working with you for the future of the European ceramic industry. 👉 https://epcf.eu

Cerame-Unie congratulates Ursula von der Leyen on her re-election for a second mandate as European Commission President.  In line with the #Ceramic #Manifesto for the 2024-2029 institutional mandate, published in November 2023, we welcome the vision reflected in the Commission President-elect’s Political Guidelines more particularly on #competitiveness and #industrial #policy, #housing and #trade #policy. The Ceramic Manifesto has called for: ➡ An “EU-wide and ambitious industry policy”, including an “industrial chapter in the 2040 EU climate targets” 🎯 & “simplification of administrative & reporting requirements, particularly for #SMEs, and setting KPI’s for reducing regulatory time and cost burdens for companies”; ➡ “#Climate policy for manufacturing” involving multiple measures including an “urgent review of the EU #ETS State Aid Guidelines” under EU #competition policy; ➡ “Promoting #sustainable and #affordable #buildings” 🏨; ➡ And “Ensuring a level playing field through effective trade policy 🚢 and a functioning internal #market”, notably by: ↪ Ensuring fair trading practices by rapidly implementing #trade #defence measures to fight unfair trading practices in third countries 🛡; ↪ Keeping “enforcement” high on the agenda and restoring the long-term practice of designating a “Trade Commissioner” and ensuring that appropriate measures are implemented in a timely manner. Accordingly, the #European #ceramic #industry can only welcome President-elect Von der Leyen’s call in her Political Guidelines presented ahead of the constituting vote of 18 July for: ➡ “A Clean Industrial Deal” 📝; ➡ “Making business easier”, notably by introducing “a new #SME and competitiveness check to help avoid unnecessary administrative burdens, maintaining high standards” or renewing “Interinstitutional agreement on simplification and better law-making” and implying “a new approach to competition policy”; ➡ Tackling the #housing #crisis by putting into place “a first-ever European Affordable Housing Plan” and appointing for this purpose a Commissioner for Housing 🏡. ➡ Under trade policy, as “second pillar of our economic foreign policy”: ↪ Recognising the need to “sustain and improve rules-based trade, including through a reformed and strengthened World Trade Organization”; ↪ At the same time, being “more ambitious in enforcing our trade agreements” and using “all of our #trade #defence instruments where and when needed.” 🛡 We are looking forward to working with the new EU institutions to implement these guidelines and bring our contribution to ensure Europe’s #sustainability with ceramic #manufacturing! President-elect Ursula von der Leyen’s Political Guidelines 2024-2029 👉 https://bit.ly/4cMw3wE Ceramic Manifesto 2024-2029 – Ensuring Europe’s Sustainability with ceramic manufacturing 👉 https://bit.ly/3R0ubXp

🎊 We are delighted to welcome MEP Vicent Marzà Ibáñez as a Member of the European Parliament Ceramics Forum (EPCF). Thank you for joining us! We look forward to working with you for the future of the European ceramic industry. 👉 https://epcf.eu

Dear #MEPs, welcome to the First Plenary Session of the European Parliament! This new chapter is crucial for steering the #EU towards sustainable growth, competitiveness, green & digital transformation, and enhanced stability & resilience. We are very much looking forward to a fruitful collaboration on policies relevant to the #European #Ceramic #Industry. Please find more about our Priorities & Policy Recommendations in the Ceramic Manifesto for the 2024-2029 institutional mandate 👉 https://bit.ly/3R0ubXp #PlenarySession #MEPs #EssentialCeramics

#Ceramic #tiles offer a prestigious finish to tables, reception counters, and decorative doors and walls! #CeramicTiles #ASafeChoice

🌲 Why are Forests SO important? 🤔 Did you know that…❓ Conservation of forests is critical to achieving the EU climate goals! 🎯   #theroleofforests #CA4BM Find out more 👉 ca4bm.org

In today's Milan, traditional energy-intensive industries are being replaced by new manufacturing facilities in which the vital energy is that of the mind, and the primary prerequisite for obtaining it is human psychophysical well-being. #NewEuropeanBauhaus #Ceramics4NEB 👉 ceramicsforbauhaus.eu                                   

Cerame-Unie welcomes the conclusions of the Council of the European Union of 27 June (👉 https://bit.ly/4cqkcnT) setting a #Strategic #Agenda 2024-2029 (👉https://bit.ly/3L9apGu) in line with the conclusion of 17/18 April under the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2024, recognising the need for a new #European #Competitiveness #Deal. Cerame-Unie particularly welcomes the European Council’s commitment under this strategic agenda to “pursue an ambitious, robust, open and sustainable trade policy that allows fair trade agreements, opens third country markets to EU companies, defends EU interests, allows resilient and reliable supply chains to develop, guarantees a true level playing field and creates reciprocal market access opportunities” as well as the recognition in the conclusion of the strategic agenda that “industrial strength in key sectors also requires the Union to safeguard fair competition, fight unfair practices, and ensure a level playing field both internally and globally.”   In its Ceramic Manifesto for the 2024-2029 institutional mandate published in November 2023 (👉 https://bit.ly/3R0ubXp), the European ceramic industry called for: 1️⃣ An EU wide and ambitious industrial policy 2️⃣ Climate policy for manufacturing 3️⃣ Energy resources and infrastructure for manufacturing 4️⃣ Promoting sustainable and affordable buildings 5️⃣ Policies contributing to Environmental protection, health & safety and sustainable finance 6️⃣ Ensuring a level playing field through effective trade policy and a functioning internal market 7️⃣ Effective support for Research & Innovation for all ceramic producers 8️⃣ Skills for manufacturing   We call on the new European Competitiveness Deal to take into account these priorities to promote EU #manufacturing, and are looking forward to working with the #Hungarian #Presidency of the #EU.

🚀𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞'𝐬 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 #FP10🚀 EARTO - European Association of Research and Technology Organisations along with its research and industrial partners representing key European Research & Innovation stakeholders have published a 4th Joint Statement for an ambitious #FP10. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 1️⃣ 1️⃣ 0️⃣ 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞 #EUInstitutions 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐏𝟏𝟎 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐧-𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 #collaborativeresearch 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬🔬. #CompetitiveFP10   🔍𝐊𝐞𝐲 🔑𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬: · Cross-border RD&I: Enhance #EUcompetitiveness with strong industrial participation. · Pillar II: Allocate significant budget, driven by strategic priorities and industrial needs. 🏆𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐈𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨: · Build trust-based public-private partnerships 🤝 · Reduce risk and stimulate private investments in Europe 💡💶 🇪🇺 Europe must invest in collaborative RD&I to foster innovation, drive technology maturation, and strengthen its global competitiveness.   ➡️𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬  𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/emgm7Ppg ➡️𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐎 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 #FP10 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://lnkd.in/e2NUqSWe #CompetitiveFP10 #MFF #EUBudget #FP10 #HorizonEU #RDI #Pillar2 #EUIndustrialCompetitiveness