Confédération Européenne de l’Industrie de la Chaussure
Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2025 | Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea Director | Exchange of views on EPR fees and product durability | SRC |
| 12 May 2025 | Aurel Ciobanu-Dordea Director | Exchange of views on EPR fees and product durability | — |
| 16 Mar 2021 | Thierry Breton Commissioner | Skills roundtable on textile | — |
| 16 Mar 2021 | Eszter Batta Cabinet member | Skills roundtable on textile | — |
| 16 Mar 2021 | Nicolas Schmit Commissioner | Pact for Skills roundtable with the textile, clothing, leather and footwear sectors. | — |
| 16 Mar 2021 | Eszter Batta Cabinet member | Skills roundtable on textile | SRC |
| 16 Mar 2021 | Christoph Nerlich Cabinet member | Pact for Skills roundtable with the textile, clothing, leather and footwear sectors. | SRC |
| 16 Mar 2021 | Nicolas Schmit Commissioner | Pact for Skills roundtable with the textile, clothing, leather and footwear sectors. | SRC |
| 16 Mar 2021 | Christoph Nerlich Cabinet member | Pact for Skills roundtable with the textile, clothing, leather and footwear sectors. | — |
Mission & Goals
To contribute to the growth and competitiveness of the footwear industry through different activities: A) Lobbying Maintain dialogue with EU institutions with a view to ensuring that the interest of EU footwear industry is taken into account at the appropriate level in the different EU policies and legislation. B) Information and promotion of EU joint initiatives to prepare companies for green and digital transition between associations, trade unions, technology and education centers. Coordinate Members’ activities in relation to the EU where appropriate. C) Research and Innovation Promote research on relevant topics such as technical, safety, social, and circularity aspects, digitalisation, new business models, etc. Identify EU funding opportunities. D) Strengh private-public collaboration accross the EU in the different policies. E) Increase international collaboration with worldwide footwear associations to promote free trade and a level playing field.
EU Legislative Interests
- EU Trade agreements negotiations. - Foreign subsidies - EU Industrial Strategy and EU Textile Strategy - Late Payment Directive proposal - Fight against counterfeiting and IPR - Consumer product safety and market surveillance - EU Green Deal, environmental initiatives towards a Circular Economy, Product Environmental Category Rules, Waste Framework Directive, Eco-design, Greenwashing, etc. - CSR legislative proposals - REACH and related chemical regulations -- Footwear Social Dialogue - EU Skills Agenda, Union of Skills, VET modernisation, Centres of Vocational Excellence, Pact for Skills to reskill and upskill workers. - Internationalisation of SMEs
Communication Activities
-See all completed and ongoing EU projects on our website www.cec-footwearinustry.eu for all details. We also organise events with regional public authorities, education centres, and industry, and support the development of regional Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear (TCLF) Pact for Skills, and we lead the TCLF large-scale Skills partnership with Euratex (textile, clothing) and Cotance (leather).
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
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Organisation Members
Members: - AHLI - Association of Hungarian Light Industry - APICCAPS - Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods - Assocalzaturifici - Italian footwear manufacturers - Association of Finnish Leather and Shoe Industries - COKA- Czech Footwear and Leather Association - ELSEVIE - Hellenic Association Of Footwear Manufacturers And Exporters - FFC - Federation Française de la Chaussure - FICE - FEDERACIÓN DE INDUSTRIAS DEL CALZADO ESPAÑOL - PIPS - Polish Chamber of Shoe and Leather Industry - Sfera Factor- Romanian footwear and leather association Manufacturers’ Association - Croatian Textile and Leather Association (CEA) of the Croatian Employers’ Association (HUP) Observers: - BFA – British Footwear Association - TASD - Footwear Industrialists Association of Turkey