Building an ICT Highway to the EUAcquis Communautaire Info Day

Building an ICT Highway to the EUAcquis Communautaire Info Day

Dr. Leo Baumann EICTA Manager EP Affairs & Communications

EICTA’s welcome to Infobalt joining the EU ICT/CE family

EICTA Members: 32 associations

• 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: 48 companies

• 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’s Mission

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

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)

Lobbying campaigns for 2003/2004

• eEurope 2005• Digital TV switchover• DRM/Levies• Patentability of Computer-implemented

Inventions (CIIs)

Importance of the EICTA-NTA relationship

• MEP meetings

• Representation of SME interests

• Implementation of EU-Directives into national law

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

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.

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