CECIMO - European Association of Manufacturing Technologies

CECIMO welcomes the European Commissions Digital Omnibus proposals as an important first step toward simplifying EU digital legislation. While this initiative moves in the right direction, the current proposals do not yet fully achieve the EUs simplification objectives nor sufficiently reduce the regulatory burden on European industry, particularly on manufacturers of machinery and equipment.

CECIMO welcomes the European Commissions Digital Omnibus proposals as a first step toward simplifying EU digital legislation. However, the proposals do not yet fully deliver on the EUs simplification objectives or sufficiently reduce the regulatory burden on European industry, particularly manufacturers of machinery and equipment.

CECIMO, the European Association of Manufacturing Technologies, supports the European Commissions Digital Omnibus initiative but calls for practical simplifications to better align overlapping digital laws and provide manufacturers with realistic timelines to comply.

CECIMO welcomes the announced legislative proposal, the European Critical Raw Material Act (CRMA) as an important initial step towards developing competitive and resilient digital future and green transition of industries.

CECIMO, representing European Manufacturing Technologies, welcomes the European Commissions initiative to revise the Cybersecurity Act (Regulation (EU) 2019/881). As highlighted in our publication Cybersecurity for the Machine Tool Industry, the increasing digitalisation of manufacturing has raised cybersecurity risks that threaten operations, safety, and intellectual property, especially for SMEs operating in…

CECIMO, as the European Association of Machine Tool Industries and related manufacturing technologies, strongly believes that a Cyber Resilience Act is necessary and that we are pleased that the EC put is working in order to define a structured and harmonized framework for adapting the European economy to the current challenges of the digital transition. However, we have strong concerns about the current proposal.

CECIMO, the European Association of Manufacturing Technologies, supports the revision of the European Standardisation Regulation to address delays in citing harmonised standards (hENs) in the Official Journal of the EU, which create legal uncertainty and hinder innovation, especially for SMEs.

CECIMO supports the objectives of the Cyber Resilience Act in enhancing cybersecurity across industrial products, while highlighting the need for a proportionate, risk-based, and industry-adapted implementation. The current guidance raises several concerns for manufacturers of machinery and industrial systems, particularly due to the broad allocation of responsibilities.

On behalf of the German Machine Tool Builders' Association (VDW) in Frankfurt (Germany), which represents around 60,000 employees and around 14 billion sales, I am obliged to say the following: The German machine tool manufacturers fully support the VDMA position and the identical CECIMO position.

CECIMO welcomes the possibility to comment on the Commission Inception Impact Assessment in relation to the revision of the Machinery Directive. CECIMO members see some benefit in aligning the Directive with the “new legislative framework” (option 1) and in converting it into a Regulation that would be directly applicable and enforceable in all Member States without the need for national transposition (option 4).

CECIMO, representing the European manufacturing technology industry, supports the European Commissions Omnibus IV initiative to enhance digitalisation and streamline compliance procedures across the Single Market.

CECIMO supports the revision of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 as a necessary step to address the continued presence of unsafe and non-compliant industrial products on the EU market, particularly from third countries.

CECIMO unequivocally condemns the misuse of additive manufacturing (AM), referred to as 3D printing in this consultation, for unlawful purposes and supports efforts to mitigate these risks. However, as discussions on potential policy options evolve, it is vital to make sure that the EU does not put unnecessary burden to the innovation and economic growth of this sector in Europe.