Persistent Organic Pollutants

POP’s Persistent Organic Pollutants. The European Commissions new scope. It’s been mentioned before, but now we begin to see what seems to be involved for our business. In the Automotive world, POP’s are found in upholstery and PUR foam as flame retarders. Not in all...

Changes rules VAT diversions 2010

In 2010 some tax rules have changed. This means VAT needs to be charged over service provided by EGARA. Membership is regarded a service, so contribution is income for EGARA and thus VAT must be paid. If members have a VAT registration, no VAT needs to be paid. EGARA...

New Chairman GOE

This year Joszef Dobo resigned as chairman from the Hungarian cardismantlers association GOE. His is succeeded by Mr. Gyula Kovács. Joszef was a known face at international meetings, representing his organisation. He stays in business with his company Wreck-car Ltd....

Report Working group meeting September 30st 2010

DG Environment (Mrs. Artemis Hatzi-Hull), together with Eurostat (E-stat, the statistical organisation from the EC) had called for the working group to meet again to discuss the method to obtain the material composition of ELV’s with shredder campaigns. In the end of...

Fall Meeting EGARA in Sassenheim

This years Fall meeting will be held in Sassenheim. Since STIBA (where EGARA’s office is located) moved to Sassenheim, Schiphol (Amsterdam) is very near. Flying to Brussels is more and more expensive, so EGARA hopes to keep the expenses for her members a bit lower...

EGARA and ACEA agree on need for enforcement

ACEA and EGARA agree that enforcement is considered a point of priority. Both EGARA and ACEA benefit from a legal infrastructure with liscensed dismantlers sites (Authorized Treatment Facilities or ATF’s) to prevent unfair competition, to assure save depollution, to...