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Success Road: social partners as key actors in assisting the transfer process of EU family business

Oct 28, 2020 / European Union

Last week, the Interreg Europe Success Road project consortium met virtually with Spanish public and private stakeholders to debate on the role of social partners in facilitating the transfer process of EU family businesses

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LIFE GreenShoes4All: an European journey towards reducing the environmental impact of footwear products

Oct 14, 2020 / CEC

Two years after the launch of the project co-funded by the European Commission “Footwear environmental footprint category rules implementation and innovative green shoes ecodesign and recycling”, the consortium shared its achievements

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Cotance: Andreas Kindermann re-elected as President

Sep 17, 2020 / European Union

The General Assembly held on the 7th of September re-elected Mr Andreas Kindermann as President of Cotance and will continue to lead Europe’s Leather industry

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Is your company producing green goods in an eco-friendly way?

Jun 18, 2020 / Portugal

Today you have the opportunity to fill a questionnaire which will help you answering that question. The answers to the questionnaire will feed the implementation of European Union LIFE project GREEN SHOES 4 ALL

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EU-Japan EPA: a practical guide for footwear companies

Premium ContentMay 13, 2020 / Japan

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New training programmes for TCLF occupations

Apr 1, 2020 / CEC

Partners of the European funded project Erasmus+ “Skills4Smart TCLF Industries 2030 Blueprint” in motion since early 2018 announced education and training programmes

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Cambodia’s preferential access to the EU market partially withdraw

Mar 4, 2020 / European Union

The European Commission has decided to withdraw part of the tariff preferences granted to Cambodia under the EU’s Everything But Arms’ (EBA) trade scheme due to the serious and systematic violations of the human rights principles

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EU-Japan EPA: a practical guide for footwear companies

Premium ContentFeb 4, 2020 / Japan

The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and Japan entered into force last year creating the largest open trade zone in the world. Today we bring you a practical guide for footwear companies

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EU-Japan EPA: how to determine the rule of origin for Footwear?

Premium ContentJan 28, 2020 / European Union

To benefit from the European Union (EU) - Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) preferential tariff rates, the product needs to be originating in Japan or the EU

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EU-Vietnam FTA gets green light in trade committee

Jan 24, 2020 / European Union

The Committee on International Trade gave its consent to the free trade agreement (FTA) by 29 votes, six votes against and five abstentions and recommends that the EP Plenary should do the same

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EU-Japan EPA: a practical guide for footwear companies

Premium ContentJan 21, 2020 / European Union

The Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Japan entered into force last year creating the largest open trade zone in the world. Today we bring you a practical guide for footwear companies

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Success Road: a new away of addressing succession

Dec 9, 2019 / European Union

The European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) and its project partners from Greece, Spain, Lithuania and Poland have officially launched the project

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Industry reacts to Vogue Business article

Nov 29, 2019 / European Union

The article titled Fashion's biodiversity problem was published on platform Vogue Business. Several industry bodies arguee it conveys misleading information

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