the European Boating Industry newsletter

Two dates for your diary: 15 and 16 June in Brussels for our cocktail reception at the European Parliament, the conference “Skippers Working Without Borders” and our Assembly General Meeting in Brussels. In other news: RCD transposition and new Regulation on personal protective equipment, EU-US TTIP negotiations and more.

D-15 until "Skippers Working Without Borders"

There is still time to register for this free conference to be held in Brussels on 16 June 2016. The event will gather key speakers incl. Josie Tucci, General Manager of The Moorings, MEPs Claudia Monteiro de Aguiar and Istvan Ujhelyi, Malta's Maritime Attaché David Kerr and the European Commission. Together with the audience, they will debate over the lack of recognition of professional qualifications for EU skippers and the related work mobility issues for EU citizens and companies.
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Industry meets Parliament

On 15 June 2016, European Boating Industry President, Piero Formenti together with Member of European Parliament Claudia Monteiro de Aguiar (EPP, Portugal) will be hosting a Cocktail Reception at the European Parliament. The Reception will be the occasion to exchange on the priorities of the boating industry, with a special focus on nautical tourism.
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Sustainable boating in Parliament

On 1 June, European Boating Industry will speak at the European Parliament’s Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas Intergroup hosted by its Vice-Chair MEP Ricardo Serrao Santos. The event theme is the maritime dimension of the Birds and Habitats directives, namely the development of marine national parks and marine protected areas across Europe.
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Open calls for funding

Two calls are open/announced:
- Blue Technology
- Horizon 2020
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Lifejackets: New EU rules

The EU Regulation 2016/425 introduces new requirements for lifejackets and will start applying as of 21 April 2018.
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RCD: still 10 countries lagging behind

Some five months after the new EU rules on watercraft started to apply, a third of EU Member States still haven't transposed the EU Directive 2013/53/EU on watercraft in their national legislation.
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EU-US TTIP: unclear future

Started in July 2013, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations between the US and the European Union are still far from being concluded after 13 rounds of talks. Despite the joint work carried out by European Boating Industry and its US counterpart NMMA for the boating sector, the overall negotiations have made little or no progress and both parties are now blaming each other for it.
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Open call for Blue Economy Awards

European Boating Industry is looking for candidates to be proposed for the first edition of the Blue Economy Business Awards 2016 organized by the European Commission. The Awards will be presented in Hamburg on 12-13 September 2016.

The Blue Economy Business Awards recognise and reward individuals or organisations who have made a specific contribution to bringing and developing innovation in the Blue Economy. These include the Woman of the Year in the Blue Economy and the Rising Blue Star of the Year (up to 35 years old).
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SENTour: Senior Tourism Platform

Changing use patterns with relation to boats and new-comers, Europe’s ageing population and their different holiday patterns have been some of those factors drawing European Boating Industry’s closer attention to the senior, youth and seasonality-related issues in the boating sector. The recommendations of the SENTour - Senior Tourism Platform will be of interest to develop new boating products for this group.
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