The Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association

EU Legislative Interests

Corporate Sustainability (CS) ・Corporate Sustainability Due Dilgience Directive （CSDDD） ・Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) Environment & Energy (E&E) ・RoHS Directive ・REACH Regulation ・Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) ・Ecodesign legislation(Framework Directive: 2009/125/EC),Energy labelling legislation(Framework Regulation:(EU) 2017/1369) ・Batteries & Waste Batteries Regulation ・Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) ・Right to repair ・Directives on green claims

Communication Activities

In order to comply with EU environmental legislation, JEMA is working with other electrical and electronic product industries as The Japanese electric and electronic industrial associations (hereafter JP4EE*). JP4EE has been providing comments on EU environmental legislation, and participating initiative. Below is a list of our past results. ●Comments ・Comments on the Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Working Plan 2020-2024, Ares (2021) 3002090： https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12852-Energy-efficiency-and-circular-economy-ecodesign-and-energy-labelling-working-plan-2020-2024/F2333122_en ・Comments on the draft “Commission Regulation implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for off mode, standby mode, and networked standby energy consumption”, Ares (2022)112397 - 07/01/2022 https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/1558-Review-of-ecodesign-requirements-for-standby-and-off-mode-electric-power-consumption/F2820758_en ・Comments on Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12567-Sustainable-products-initiative/F3316660_en ・Comments on the New Lot 7 working document provided at the Consultation Forum , 24/11/2023 During the public consultation in 2023, we submitted these opinions in responses to the questionnaire and in free comments. https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13682-New-product-priorities-for-Ecodesign-for- Sustainable-Products/F3415636_en ・Comments on Proposal for a revision of EU legislation on Packaging and Packaging(PPWR). https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12263-Reducing-packaging-waste-review-of-rules/F3405938_en ・Comments on Directive on repair of goods(Right to Repair) https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/13150-Sustainable-consumption-of-goods-promoting-repair-and-reuse/F3423011_en ・Comments on Directives on green claims https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12511-Environmental-performance-of-products-businesses-substantiating-claims/F3430815_en ●Participation ・Participation in CIRPASS,CIRPASS2 project as steakholder ・Participation in Ecodesign preparatory study for product measures on materials and recycled content project as steakholder ※JP4EE is a group consisting of four industrial associations: JEMA, JEITA, CIAJ, and JBMIA. JP4EE's member companies range from electrical equipment (industrial/commercial equipment/home appliances/IT equipment) to heavy electrical/power generation equipment and electronic components and devices.

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

〇IRHAM (The International Roundtable of Household Appliance Manufacturer Association) : As a member of IRHAM,JEMA is also proactive contributing to the international cooperation network regarding household appliance industries. 〇IEC,ISO: JEMA participates in the deliberation and formulation of international standards (IEC, ISO), in order to contribute to the improvement of quality and technology of electrical machinery. Furthermore, in addition to making sure that Japan's opinions are taken into account in international standards, JEMA also promotes the creation and adoption of compliance assessment systems that are in accordance with international standards. The International standardization organization for the electrotechnical sector, IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) /TC111"Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems" had chaired by Japan and operates withi n the following scope. JEMA supports the chair and makes make a great contributio n to promoting TC111's activities. https://www.iec.ch/dyn/www/f?p=103:7:617158646672962::::FSP_ORG_ID,FSP_LANG_ID:1314,25 IEC TC 111:Scope Standardization of environmental aspects concerns: -To prepare the necessary guidelines, basic and horizontal standards, including technical reports, in the environmental area (Material Declaration, Test methods of certain substances, Ecodesign, LCA/Carbon footprint, Material efficiency and Circular economy., etc.) etc.), in close cooperation with product committees of IEC, which remain autonomous in dealing with the environmental aspects relevant to their products; -To liaise with product committees in the elaboration of environmental requirements of product standards in order to foster common technical approaches and solutions for similar problems and thus assure consistency in IEC standards; -To liaise with ACEA and ISO/TC 207; -To monitor closely the corresponding regional standardization activities worldwide in order to become a focal point for discussions concerning standardization; -EMC and EMF aspects are excluded from the scope. IEC TC111 had established a proactive liaison relationship with the European standardization organization "CENELEC TC111X", it also JEMA can also play a role as an international harmonization for global value chain. 〇Other Also,most of the major JEMA member companies in Europe are also members of JBCE, DIGITALEUROPE and APPLiA.We exchange opinions with them and sometimes submit joint position papers.

Organisation Members

JEMA is made up of 184 electrical machinery and equipment companies that are regular members and 102 supporting member companies that agree with the goals of JEMA and cooperate with its projects. You can access the members list on our website for reference. Regular members:https://www.jema-net.or.jp/English/members/regular.html Supporting members:https://www.jema-net.or.jp/English/members/supporting.html Also,a list of member companies of the organisations that make up the JP4EE is also presented below. The Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) https://www.jeita.or.jp/cgi-bin/member_e/list.cgi Communications and Information network Association of Japan (CIAJ). https://www.ciaj.or.jp/en/members/members.html Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association (JBMIA) https://www.jbmia.or.jp/english/about_jbmia/members/index.php