AeA International Environmental Policies and Initiatives

Europe

AeA works closely with the AeA Europe Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) Committee to ensure that environmental policies in the European Union (EU) do not serve as unfair or unnecessary trade barriers.  The EU is the U.S. high-tech industry's largest export market and top manufacturing investment destination, and EU regulatory policies can significantly affect the competitiveness of U.S. products and services is that important market.

AeA and AeA Europe are working actively with EU policymakers on the the development and/or implementation of the following key environmental issues:

• The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive
  - View the law
  - AeA / Allen & Overy report summary
  
• The Restrictions on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) Directive
  - View the law
  - AeA / Allen & Overy report summary
  
• The Eco-Design for Energy-Using Products (EuP) draft Directive
  - View the latest legislative proposal
  - AeA / AeA Europe position
  
• The Integration of Environmental Aspects into Standardization Working Paper
  - View the latest legislative proposal
  - AeA / AeA Europe position
  
• The proposal for a Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH)
  - View the latest regulatory proposal
  - AeA / AeA Europe position
  
• Integrated Product Policy (IPP)
  - View the latest legislative proposal
  - AeA / AeA Europe position
  
• Batteries and Accumulators Directive
  - View the latest legislative proposal
  - See the extended impact assessment
  - Q&A on the proposal

For more information about these and other EU environmental policies where AeA Europe takes the lead on behalf of the U.S. high-tech industry, contact:
- James Lovegrove, Managing Director, AeA Europe (Biography), and/or 
- Becky Linder, Director of International Trade Policy, AeA (Biography)

Members of AeA Europe may enter the Forum, which contains volumes of valuable information about these and other EU policies.

For information about Allen & Overy, see a brochure and learn more about Allen & Overy's award-winning Environmental Law Group.

Related Events

From May 20-23, 2003, a delegation of AeA member-company representatives traveled to Brussels, Belgium to coordinate with the AeA Europe EHS Committee and to lobby EU policymakers on environmental policy matters.  For more information about this annual AeA trip, contact:
- Becky Linder, Director of International Trade Policy, AeA, and/or
- James Lovegrove, Managing Director, AeA Europe

China

On November 10 and 11, 2003, AeA organized a successful event with experts from 14 high-tech companies and Chinese Government officials to discuss Lead-Free Electronics Technologies and Electronics Recycling.  See the event recap and presentations!

The Chinese Government has issued a draft regulation, based on the EU RoHS Directive, entitled, Management Methods for the Prevention and Control of Pollution from Production of Electronic Information Products (a.k.a. "China RoHS).

AeA is working with our shared office in Beijing to educate the Chinese Government about the need for harmonization between the EU and Chinese regulations on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment.

• AeA presentation to USITO and the Chinese Government:
  Lessons for China: European Environmental Law Restricting the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment

For more information, contact Becky Linder, AeA Director of International Trade Policy.