European Materials Handling Federation
Budget
€25 — €0
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
3
0.75 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
The FEM mission is to represent the technical, economic and political interests of the industry, and communicate with the European institutions on its concerns and needs. FEM aims at developing a network to allow efficient exchange of information between its members and its product groups, and to elaborate and defend common positions on matters affecting its industrial base. FEM encourages technical progress and safety at work through the establishment of guidelines and business codes. FEM also cooperates with other industrial sectors and international trade partners on issues of common interest. FEM main objectives are: • encouraging technical progress, safety at work, sustainable development and energy efficiency in the field of material handling • proactively developing technical standards at international and European levels • providing implementation guidance on European directives applicable to its industry • safeguarding the interests of the industry, particula (...)
EU Legislative Interests
- Technical legislation: Machinery; Outdoor noise; Exhaust emissions from non-road mobile machinery; Road circulation of non-road mobile machinery - Digital agenda: AI, data, cybersecurity - Environment/energy: ecodesign, WEEE, RoHS, REACH, Battery - Horizontal matters: industrial policy, market surveillance, Internal Market for industrial products
Communication Activities
Latest publications (all available at www.fem-eur.com) - Joint statement on Cyber Resilience Act - Position paper on proposed PFAS restriction - Position Paper on non-road mobile machinery circulating on public roads - Joint Statement on the use of digital declarations of conformity (DoCs) - Joint Statement by NRMM Industry on the Cyber Resilience Act - Position paper on the cyber-resilience Act proposal - Position paper on the Data Act proposal - Position paper on the proposal for a Machinery Regulation - Position paper on the proposal on battery - Position paper on the proposal on artificial intelligence
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
Associate member of Orgalim - http://www.fem-eur.com/membership/
Organisation Members
http://www.fem-eur.eu/index.php/associations_index/en/
Additional Information
FEM's work is financed by its members' financial contributions for the greater part, as well as limited side revenue from advertisement.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.