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Building an ICT Highway to the EU Acquis Communautaire Info Day

Join the Info Day with Dr. Leo Baumann, EICTA Manager of EP Affairs & Communications. Learn about EICTA's mission, committees, lobbying campaigns, and the importance of EICTA-NTA relationship. Understand the objectives of strengthening industry associations in the CEE region. Visit www.electranet.org for more information.

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Building an ICT Highway to the EU Acquis Communautaire Info Day

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  1. Building an ICT Highway to the EUAcquis Communautaire Info Day Dr. Leo Baumann EICTA Manager EP Affairs & Communications Vilnius, 23 June 2004 EICTA’s welcome to Infobalt joining the EU ICT/CE family

  2. Austria: FEEI Belgium: AGORIA Czech Republic: SPIS Denmark: ITEK, ITB Finland: SET France: ALLIANCE TICS, SIMAVELEC Germany: BITKOM, ZVEI Greece: SEPE Hungary: IVSZ Italy: ANIE, ASSINFORM Ireland: ICT Ireland Latvia: LITTA Lithuania: INFOBALT Malta : ITTS Netherlands: Nederland-ICT Norway: ABELIA, IKT Norge Poland: KIGEIT, PIIT Slovakia: ITAS Slovenia: GZS Spain: AETIC Sweden: IT Företagen Switzerland: SWICO, SWISSMEM UK: INTELLECT Turkey: ECID, TESID EICTA Members: 32 associations

  3. Accenture Agilent Alcatel Apple Bang&Olufsen Blaupunkt Bull Canon Cisco Corning Dell EADS Epson Ericsson Fujitsu Grundig Hitachi HP IBM Infineon Intel JVC Kenwood Konica-Minolta Lexmark L.G Electronics Loewe Opta Lucent Marconi Matsushita Microsoft Motorola NEC Nokia Nortel Philips Pioneer Samsung Sanyo SAP Sharp Siemens Sony Sun Microsystems Texas Instruments Thales Thomson MM Toshiba EICTA Members: 48 companies

  4. Promote the common global interests of the represented Information Systems, Telecommunication Technology and Consumer Electronics Industry in Europe Support the harmonious development of the European ICT and CE industry's overall business interests through related technical, economic and legal aspects of policy making at European level EICTA’s Mission

  5. Main committees • Information Society & Electronic Commerce (ISEC) • Legal Affairs & Consumer Policy (LCC) • Industry Policy (IPC) • Technical Affairs (TAC) • Radio & Spectrum Policy (RSPC) • Environmental Policy (EPC) • Trade Policy (TPC) • R&D and Education Policy (RDEPC)

  6. Lobbying campaigns for 2003/2004 • eEurope 2005 • Digital TV switchover • DRM/Levies • Patentability of Computer-implemented Inventions (CIIs)

  7. Importance of the EICTA-NTA relationship • MEP meetings • Representation of SME interests • Implementation of EU-Directives into national law

  8. Why a BSP? Accession to the EU Single Market will require Companies to: • Adapt their management and production methods to the “Acquis Communitaire” & to the Rules of the Single Market • Companies will require support from associations which can effectively represent them

  9. Objectives • To help strengthen the capacity of industry associations in the CEE to meet the challenges of accession, and • To provide them with the expertise to effectively support their member companies. www.electranet.org

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