European Economic
and Social Committee
Draft Programme
8.30 - 09.00 - Registration
09.00 – 09.10 - Introductory remarks:
Bernd Dittmann, Vice-President of the Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption, EESC
09.10 - 10.20 - The EU-institutional perspective:
- Radek Maly, Head of Unit for Standards for Growth, European Commission DG GROW
- Andreas Schwab, MEP, Chair of Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) (tbc)
EESC opinion presentation:
- Gerardo Larghi, Rapporteur of EESC opinion on Harmonised standards: Enhancing transparency and legal certainty for a fully functioning Single Market
- Elżbieta Szadzińska, Rapporteur of EESC opinion European standardisation for 2019
General debate
10.20 - 11.20 - Perspective of European and International Standardisation bodies:
Moderation: Denis Meynent, EESC Member
- Elena Santiago Cid, Director General of the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC)
- Margot Dor, Director Public Affairs of European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
General debate
11.20 - 11.30 - Coffee break
11.30 - 12.45 - Roundtable discussion with stakeholders: Moderation:
Bernd Dittmann, EESC
Participants:
- Luc Hendrickx, SMEunited Director Enterprise Policy (SBS)
- Isabelle Schömann, Confederal Secretary of European Trade Union Confederation, (ETUC)
- Justin Wilkes, Executive Director of European Environmental Citizens' Organisation for Standardisation (ECOS)
- Arnold Pindar, Former President of The European consumer voice in standardisation (ANEC) from 2011 to June 2019
General debate
12.45 - 13.00 - Summary and conclusions:
Bernd Dittmann, Vice-President of the Section for the Single Market, Production and Consumption, EESC
Participants can speak and listen to English, German and French