CEETTAR

The European Confederation of Agricultural, Rural and Forestry Contractors – CEETTAR - represents the interests of land-based contractors in Europe. CEETTAR supports the European Green Deal and the future Climate Law.

The European Confederation of Agricultural, Rural and Forestry Contractors CEETTAR - represents the interests of land-based contractors in Europe. Late payments are mostly frequent in the forestry sector, where contractors depend upon customers, entitled with a large bargaining power (such as governmental bodies or large companies).

CEETTAR welcomes the Commission objective to align the machinery directive with some new possibilities concerning Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things. In order to ensure consistency within EU legislation, CEETTAR is in favour of an alignment between The Machinery Directive and the ‘new legislative framework’.

CEETTAR, the European Organisation of Agricultural, Rural and Forestry Contractors, welcomes the opportunity to respond to the call for evidence on the Quality Jobs Act. The call for evidence considers extending the scope of the Workplace Directive (89/654/EEC) to off-premises workplaces.

CEETTAR represents the professional end-user of around 45% of all agricultural machinery produced in the EU and around 90% of forestry machinery in the EU. In addition to this, we are also a major user of construction machinery for agricultural purposes, earthmoving and rural activities.

The European Confederation of Agricultural, Rural and Forestry Contractors – CEETTAR - represents the interests of land-based contractors in Europe. CEETTAR supports the Von der Leyen Commission’s headline ambitions European Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy, and wants to be certain to rely on modernised agricultural statistics.

CEETTAR represents the interests of agriculture, rural and forestry contactors in Europe. CEETTAR welcomes the harmonisation proposal, which will make trade of machinery, including for second hand machinery, easier and facilitate the cross border provision of services for contractors. Beyond market surveillance, two additional subjects deserve to be broached.

Dear Madam, dear Sir, Please below some feedback from the land-based contractors' association. Land-based contractors do not feel any urgent need in a harmonisation of mobile machinery circulation requirements. They have adapted their business to the non-harmonised situation.

CEETTAR, the European Organisation of Agriculture, Rural and Forestry Contractors, supports the goal of reducing CO2 emission of heavy-duty vehicles by 90 % by 2040; The sector has been working for years on the optimisation of its performances, by using heavier vehicle types in order to decrease the number of times the vehicle needs to be used at the same place.