The
CEOC - EUROLAB - IFIA International Safety Seminar 2013 took place on 27th
November at Residence Palace in Brussels and was attended by over 150
participants coming from the industry, consumers, insurers, scientists and the
testing, inspection and certification sector. The welcome speech was given by
Malcolm Harbour, Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee chairman,
European Parliament, being followed by two main sessions touching upon
Industrial and Consumer Safety. The well attended seminar was concluded by the
key note speech of Neven Mimica, European Commissioner for Consumer Policy.
With
respect to the currently discussed legislation on Product Safety and Market
Surveillance Package, CEOC International, EUROLAB and IFIA Presidents handed
over to the European Commissioner Neven Mimica their common position paper
“European Parliament seeks to enhance product safety in Europe “European Parliament seeks to enhance product safety in Europe”
PRESENTATIONS:
The information from the presentations can be only used with
the identification of the source.
Session No I: Industrial Safety
Paul Cartwright,
Managing Director, Chilworth Holdings Ltd / DEKRA
Estelle Clark,
Group Safety and Business Assurance Director, Lloyd’s Register
Philippe Portalier,
Standardisation and Technical Policy Manager, Orgalime
Bastien Caillard,
European Technology Platform on Industrial Safety
Session
No II: Consumer Safety
Magnus Holmgren, Quality Manager, SP—Technical Research Institute of
Sweden
Stephen Russell, Secretary General, ANEC –The European consumer voice
in standardisation
Gitte Schjøtz, Chairwoman UL/IFIA Consumer Products Committee
Jens Butenandt , Vice President/Director at TÜV SÜD Product
Service GmbH
For further information please contact the CEOC General Secretariat: info@ceoc.com