NEWSLETTER Consiglio Architetti
Europa - n° 8-05
English language version
The monthly electronic note from the Architects’
Council of Europe
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INTRODUCTION
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Welcome to the eight issue in 2005 of ACE
Info, the regular update from the Architects' Council of
Europe that will give you, at a glance, information on current
issues, highlighting emerging areas of activity and informing
you of matters of interest in the field of architectural
policy.
This issue is also available in French.
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ACE Matters
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ACE General Assembly – New
Era Begins
The second General Assembly in 2005 of the ACE was held
in Luxembourg on the 18th and 19th November last. It was
a significant moment for the Organisation as it elected,
for the first time, its President for the period 2006-2007.
This election marked the change from the old system of rotating
the Presidency among the Member states of the EU to a directly
elected President.
The successful candidate was Jean-François Susini,
currently President of one of the French Member Organisations
of the ACE (Conseil national de l’Ordre des architectes
– CNOA); he will take office, along with the 10 ordinary
members of the Executive Board, on the 1st January 2006
when the recently adopted reformed Statutes of the ACE come
into force.
To complement this evolution in the ACE,
the General Assembly adopted a Political Agenda and a Multi-Annual
Work Programme for the period 2006-2008. The adoption of
these important documents marks a shift in the approach
of the ACE from a technical to a more political role and
it will be the responsibility of the new Executive Board
to implement the agenda and work programme.
The General Assembly adopted a resolution
against price-dumping in the provision of architectural
services. This represents a call, by the profession, for
the implementation of policies that ensure that architects
are adequately resourced in order to permit them to provide
the level and quality of service that clients deserve and
that will permit them to answer to the public interest in
the work they undertake. The Resolution has been widely
disseminated and can be accessed on the website of the ACE.
The General Assembly also adopted a Resolution
congratulating the Luxembourg Presidency of the EU on its
very significant contribution to the work of the European
Forum on Architectural Policies in organising the series
of event in Luxembourg in June 2005. Readers will recall
that these events permitted the participants of the Forum
to meet with the Ministers of Culture from the EU-25 in
a joint session and for the Forum to prepare conclusions
that were presented by the Luxembourg Presidency to all
Member States after the event.
Furthermore, a profession-to-profession
Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) on the recognition of
qualifications between the EU, represented by the ACE and
the USA, represented by NCARB and the AIA, was signed in
the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the
Minister of Public Works (Luxembourg), and of a representative
of the US Embassy in Luxembourg. The signed Agreement has
no legally binding effect, but it will be communicated to
the Trade Representatives of both the EU and the USA so
that it will form the basis of official negotiations in
the context of the Trans-Atlantic Economic Partnership.
It is worth recalling that the architectural profession
has been chosen as a spearhead profession for the negotiation
of MRA’s in this area and that the Member States of
the EU through the 133 Committee (Services) have formally
mandated the European Commission to carry out official negotiations
of such Agreements. The ACE signed, in 2001, the first such
profession-to-profession Agreement when it signed an MRA
with Mexico and it expects to conclude negotiations with
Canada on an MRA in early 2006.
Finally, the recently elected President
of the UIA – Gaetan Siew – attended the Assembly
in Luxembourg and he also met, informally, with the Executive
Board in order to explore ways in which the two organisations
can build a closer co-operative relationship in the coming
three years. It is hoped that a Memorandum of Understanding
between the two organisations will result from this initiative
that will deliver more value to the Members of each organisation
by a certain amount of co-ordination in relation to issues
of common concern.
Further information on these items can
be found on the website of the ACE at:
www.ace-cae.org
Carlos Hernandez Pezzi Re-elected
President of the CSCAE (Spain)
Following elections held on the 2nd November 2005, Carlos
Hernandez Pezzi was re-elected as President of the Spanish
Member Organisation of the ACE, CSCAE, for the period 2006-2009.
He has already served as President of the CSCAE in the period
2002-2005. The website of the CSCAE is:
http://www.cscae.com/
Raffaele Sirica Re-elected President
of the CNAPPC (Italy)
On 15 November, Raffaele Sirica was re-elected President
of the Italian Member of the ACE, CNAPPC, together with
the new Council Members, among whom Leopoldo Freyrie, current
Past President of the ACE. On 15 October, Luciano Lazzari,
who has been elected to the Executive Board of the ACE,
was re-elected President of the Ordine of Trieste.
Sergejs Nikiforovs is the new Chairmen
of the LAA (Latvia)
On the 30th September last, Sergejs Nikiforovs took up the
position of Chairman of the Latvian Member Organisation
fo the ACE. The website of the Latvian Association of Architects-LAA
is:
http://www.architektura.lv/
The ACE Becomes an Associated Partner
in URBACT Network
The City of Poznan, Poland, has established a Network of
cities in the context of the URBACT Programme of the EU.
The Network will address the issues of the regeneration
and management of large-scale housing estates with a particular
emphasis on architectural quality. The Network has (on the
7th November 2005) commitments from 5 cities with 6 further
commitments expected and a further 6 cities considering
joining the Network. Further information on URBACT can be
found at:
http://www.urbact.org/home/
ACE Events and Meetings in December
2005 and January 2006:
Work Group Registration and Licensing – 9th December
in Brussels
ACE-EAAE Joint Working Party – 16th December in Brussels
Executive Board Extraordinary Meeting – 22nd December
in Brussels
Work Group Education – 9th January in Paris
Work Group Urban Issues – January, date to be confirmed
Executive Board Meeting – 20th and 21st January in
Brussels
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Core Issues
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IMCO Committee Votes on the Services
Directive
On the 22nd November, the Internal Market and Consumer Affairs
(IMCO) Committee of the European Parliament voted on the
text of the proposed directive on Services in the Internal
Market (SIM Directive). The vote had been postponed from
the 5th October due to the high number of amendments (1,608)
that had been tabled and due to the need to prepare compromise
and consolidated amendments. The delay was worthwhile as
there were 313 votes taken and the text was adopted by 25
votes in favour, 10 votes against and 5 abstentions. The
rapporteur, Evelyne Gebhardt, abstained as she said that
the retention of the Country of Origin Principle (albeit
under a new name) made it impossible for her to vote in
favour of the amended text while recognising that progress
has been achieved on a number of issues.
For the architectural profession, the overall weakening
of the text and the increased clarity around the question
of the exclusion of those professions covered by the Qualifications
Directive from the country of origin principle were welcome
developments. However, in relation to the provision on the
quality of services, the ACE notes that the provisions in
relation to Codes of Conduct have been weakened and will
only apply to cases of provision of services across borders.
The next significant step in the process will be the vote
in the Plenary Session of the Parliament, scheduled for
February 2006. The Council continues to work on the proposal,
but will not adopt a common position until after the First
Reading in Parliament is completed. The procedure can be
tracked at:
http://europa.eu.int/prelex/detail_dossier_real.cfm?CL=en&DosId=188810#
Qualifications Directive is Published
in the Official Journal
On the 30th September last, the text of the Qualifications
Directive was published in the Official Journal of the EU.
This means that it came into force on the 20th October and
that Member States have until the 20th October 2007 to transpose
the provisions of the Directive into national law in each
of the 25 Member States.
In an important development for the architectural profession,
the Commission has informed the ACE that the Advisory Committee
on Education and Training in Architecture will remain in
place for the full transposition period and that any qualifications
that are challenged during the transposition period will
be considered by the Committee. Because of this, the EU-15
Member states have been requested to nominate their representatives
to the Advisory Committee and, at the time of writing, just
6 had done so. The Commission has made it clear that it
will not be possible to hold a full plenary meeting until
these nominations are completed. In the meantime a further
meeting of the Diplomas Working Group is scheduled to take
place on the 15th December next.
In effect, the Commission will have to run the two systems
for recognition of architectural qualifications side-by-side
through the transposition period. It has also confirmed
that all qualifications currently listed will be simply
transposed into the relevant annexe of the Qualifications
Directive and that any new qualifications notified in the
transposition period will be listed in both the Qualifications
directive and in the Architects Directive.
The full text of the Qualifications Directive as published
can be accessed at:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2005:255:SOM:EN:HTML
The ACE Issues Highly Critical
Letter and Position Paper to Commissioner Kroes
Following the recent publication by the Commission of the
follow-up communication on competition in Professional Services
(see ACE Info 7-05), the ACE has written to the Commissioner
responsible for Competition, Mrs Neelie Kroes (NL), stating
its view that the Commission persists in its misunderstanding
of the exact nature of architectural services, overlooks
the public interest aspects of architecture and relies on
flawed information – due to factors such as the inadequate
methodology that was used in a study outsourced by the Commission
- on which to build its proposals. The ACE was present at
the recent Conference on Better Regulation of Profession
Services and took the opportunity to also hand a copy of
the letter and draft position paper of the ACE to Mrs. Kroes
– her promised reply is still awaited.
It should be noted that other professions targeted by the
Communication have also been highly critical of the work,
but that the architectural profession is not in the front
line for criticism – it is the pharmacists, the lawyers
and the notaries who find themselves under most attack.
The ACE letter and position paper can be downloaded from
the ACE website by clicking the topic “Competition
Issues and the Internal Market” on the homepage at:
www.ace-cae.org
The Third High Level Group Meeting
of the ECTP
On the 22nd November last, the third meeting of the High
Level Group of the European Construction Technology Platform
(ECTP) took place in Brussels. The meeting adopted the Strategic
Research Agenda that had been prepared by the Support Group
of the ECTP with a number of crucial amendments that took
out references to research needs that would prepare society
for long periods underground and that inserted references
to the needs of users. The meeting also approved of the
further development of research proposals on tunnelling
techniques and on energy efficiency.
In another development in the field of research, the UK
Presidency of the EU recently tabled a revised version of
the proposed 7th Framework Programme for Research that contained
a mixed bag of revisions. On the one hand it reinforced
some references to buildings and construction, but, on the
other hand weakened the possibilities for proposing research
into the urban environment. It remains to be seen what happens
with the text as it passes through the European Parliament.
The work of the ECTP can be followed by logging on to the
ECTP website at:
www.ectp.org
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Other Matters
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Benchmarking of Construction Efficiency
in the EU Member States
An important pilot study on this subject commissioned by
the DG Enterprise of the European Commission is currently
underway. It is being conducted by Bernard Williams Associates
of the UK and it is in its final stages. Central to the
work undertaken was the preparation of a questionnaire that
the ACE helped to write. The questionnaire is available
in five languages (French, German, Spanish, Italian and
English) and is simple to fill out. For the pilot study
to be representative of the various sections of the construction
sector, it is important that as many answers as possible
are given to the consultants. Readers of ACE Info are therefore
urged to log on to the project website and complete the
questionnaire:
http://www.bwassoc.co.uk/euconstructionefficiency/
At the end of the project an Evaluation
Workshop is to be held in Brussels organised by the Commission,
on 16th January in Brussels. This is an open event and interested
persons are encouraged to register to attend the workshop
by writing to:
antonio.paparella@cec.eu.int
Enquiry on Competences of Graduate
Architects
The ACE, as part of its cooperation with the European Association
of Architectural Education (EAAE), has learnt of an important
enquiry that is currently being carried out by the European
Network of Heads of Schools of Architecture on the competences
of graduate architects. The objective of the enquiry is
to investigate the skills and competences that the profession
believes are important for graduate architects to possess.
The expectation is that the results of the enquiry will
provide the schools of architecture with a tool that will
permit them to better articulate their educational objectives.
Readers are encouraged to answer the questionnaire by visiting
the following site:
http://www.rc.auth.gr/Utilities/LabNetQuest/questionnaire_employers.htm
Communication on Public-Private
Partnerships Published by the Commission
The Commission has recently published (15 November) its
Communication on Public-Private Partnerships (PPP’s)
and Community Law on Public Procurement and Concessions.
Its publication follows the public consultation on the Green
Paper issued in April 2004. The Communication reports on
the views expressed by various stakeholders and clarifies
that the Commission does not see the need, at the present
time, to adopt legislative measures on “institutionalised
PPP’s”, stating that on the other hand it will
prepare an Interpretative Communication on the Competitive
Dialogue. However it does see the need for a legislative
approach to the question of “concessions”. It
is expected that the proposals on these issues will be issued
during 2006. The Communication can be accessed at:
http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/publicprocurement/ppp_en.htm#conclusions
UNESCO Charter on Cultural Diversity
Adopted
At the 33rd General Conference of the UNESCO, a Charter
on Cultural Diversity was adopted with only one country
– the USA – voting against. The Charter recognises
the specific nature of culture and relates it to the WTO
rules. As stated by the French Minister of Culture during
the debate: “Works of art and of spirit must not be
considered to be goods… In these times, when everything
can be sold, where everything can become an object of trade,
we must make a special place for culture”. At the
debate on the Charter, the European Commission participated
as it had been granted observer status with voting rights
and it spoke on behalf of the 25 Member States of the EU.
The Charter can be accessed at:
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29123&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
UIA-UN-Habitat Accord Signed
The International Union of Architects (UIA) and the UN-Habitat
have signed on 3 October in Nairobi an Accord on co-operation,
which establishes the terms and general conditions under
which the two organisations undertake to have a formal co-operation.
The co-operation objectives include: reconstruction and
development following conflicts or catastrophes) ; water
resources and services towards the poorest populations;
sustainable urban environment ; eradication of poverty ;
and formulation and evaluation of projects and activities
of reconstruction and development.
More information : www.uia-architectes.org
New Phase in Cooperation Between
the Commission and the EESC
A new cooperation agreement between the European Commission
and the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) was
signed on the 7th November. The new agreement covers closer
cooperation and better communication and dialogue with civil
society, aiming to boost coordination of the two bodies’
priorities and improve the Commission’s monitoring
of EESC opinions. The President of the EESC, Anne-Marie
Sigmund, said that the agreement’s aims were a sign
of a new culture of dialogue and debate with civil society
and the development of a participatory democracy. More information
on the work of the EESC can be found at:
http://www.esc.eu.int/index_en.asp
Adoption of an Initiative Report
on the Urban Dimension in the Context of Enlargement
On the 13th October, the European Parliament adopted, by
540 votes in favour, 29 against and 36 abstentions, the
own-initiative report prepared by Jean-Marie Beaupuy (ALDE
France) on behalf of the Regional Development Committee
on “The Urban Dimension in the Context of Enlargement”.
The Parliament takes the view that the priorities of urban
development need to be stepped up and that these should
include housing and the refurbishment of urban areas, infrastructure,
transport, tourism, the environment, waste removal, water
provision, culture, training, education, health care and
social protection. The adoption of the report is closely
linked to the negotiations of the Structural Funds (see
below). To read the report log on to:
http://www.europarl.eu.int/omk/sipade3?PROG=REPORT&SORT_ORDER=D&S_REF_A=%25&LEG_ID=6&AUTHOR_ID=28205&NAV=X&L=EN&LEVEL=2&SAME_LEVEL=1
Communication on Urban Dimension
of Strategic Guidelines for Cohesion Policy
Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for Regional Policy, has
responded positively to the adoption of the own-initiative
report of Jean-Marie Beaupuy by the European Parliament
(see above) reporting that the Commission is preparing a
Communication on the urban dimension of the strategic guidelines
for Cohesion Policy. The Communication is expected to be
ready in early 2006 with a public consultation scheduled
for March 2006. Ahead of publication, the content will be
debated a the informal EU Ministers meeting on “Sustainable
Communities” being held in Bristol, UK on the 6th
and 7th December. Developments on this issue will be reported
in future editions of ACE Info.
White Paper on Transport Policy
Issued
The Commission has launched a public consultation on Europe’s
Transport Policy. The White Paper “2010: Time to Decide”
is being reviewed with a view to identifying new policy
measures for European transport, including urban transport.
Questions are asked on the developments in congestion and
pollution in cities, the actions of the White Paper that
need to be reinforced, whether new actions are added and
the priority actions between now and 2010 such as congestion
limitation, charging and urban transport. Closing date for
the consultation is the 31st December 2005. Further information
available at:
www.europa.eu.int/comm/energy_transport/white_paper_transport_revision/lb_consultation_en.html
Protection of the Environment Through
Criminal Law
On the 13th September, the European Court of Justice (ECJ)
issued a ground-breaking judgement for EU law in general
when it decided to annul the Council’s 2003 Framework
Decision on the protection of the Environment through criminal
law. The ruling will allow the European Commission to strengthen
its legislative proposals by introducing criminal sanctions
for breaches of EU law. The court case was started after
the Council replaced a 2001 European Commission draft directive
that would have given the Commission the power to push Member
States to punish environmental crimes. As the Member States
did not want the Commission to interfere with their criminal
law it adopted the Framework Decision that has now been
annulled. It is not clear if the 2001 draft directive will
be re-introduced, but it is clear that the decision strengthens
the powers of the Commission. Further information at:
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/05/1136&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr
Plan for Better EU Regulation
The European Commission has presented a three year programme
to modernise EU legislation and to cut unnecessary red-tape
and over-regulation. The Commission proposes to repeal,
codify, recast or modify 222 basic pieces of legislation
(in all, more than 1,400 related legal acts) in the next
three years. The programme will be regularly updated. The
work will kick off with the most heavily regulated sectors
such as cars, waste and construction. Other sectors such
as foodstuffs, cosmetic, pharmaceuticals or services will
follow soon. The Commission intends to tackle administrative
burden, especially for small business, by simplifying cumbersome
statistics form-filling or by modernising the customs code
to facilitate electronic exchange of information.
In the meantime the Commission has decided to abandon 68
draft Directives, and the topic was on the agenda of the
Competitiveness Council meeting of 28-29 November.
One aspect of particular importance to the architectural
profession is that a review of the Mobile Sites Directive
on Safety and Health of workers on construction sites has
been announced. It is being conducted by a French organisation
and the ACE is seeking ways to be closely involved with
this review so as to re-balance the impact of the text on
the profession.
Further information on the simplification exercise can be
found at:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/regulation/better_regulation/simplification.htm
FIEC, UEPC and European Parliament
in Favour of Review of Directive on Reduced Rate of VAT
The Council of Presidents of the European Construction Industry
Federation (FIEC) has taken a clear position in favour of
reduced rates of VAT in the European construction industry.
Directive 99/85/EC authorising the application of reduced
VAT rates in certain labour-intensive sectors is due to
come to an end on the 31st December 2005. FIEC estimates
that the implementation of the Directive has created about
170,000 permanent jobs in the construction sector alone.
Saying that “the application of different VAT levels
in the various Member States does not hinder the development
of the Internal Market and does not create any distortion
of competition” the FIEC is calling on the UK Presidency
to step up its efforts to arrive at an agreement on a definitive
scheme for reduced rates of VAT at the Ecofin Council on
the 6th December.
The FIEC press release can be viewed at:
http://www.fiec.org/main.html
The Administrative Council of the
UEPC (European Union of Developers and House-Builders),
meeting on 10 and 11 November in Amsterdam, also gave its
support to the European Commission, which has spoken in
favour of a reduced rate of VAT for all new housing without
distinction and maintaining the very favourable VAT schemes
in certain Member States.
On 1st December, the European Parliament adopted a resolution
on the expiry of Directive 1999/85/EC concerning reduced
VAT rates on labour-intensive services.
The EP resolution can be viewed at:
http://www.europarl.eu.int/omk/sipade3?L=EN&OBJID=103699&LEVEL=2&MODE=SIP&NAV=X&LSTDOC%20=N
Changes at the top of the European
Commission
There has been a re-shuffle at the top of many posts in
the European Commission. In order to respect a number of
administrative rules including the need to ensure that Directors
General are not of the same nationality as that of the responsible
Commissioner and that they do not hold the same seat for
more than 5 years. The full set of changes can be seen at:
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/05/1399&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en
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Publications
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Putting a Price on Sustainability
One of the principal barriers to the wider adoption of more
sustainable design and construction solutions is the perception
that these incur additional unwanted costs. Evidence collected
by Cyril Sweett and the British Research Establishment (BRE)
appears to contradict this assumption. The study “Putting
a price on sustainability” identifies “quick
wins” where major improvements can be made at low
cost, and quantifies the costs associated with a range of
sustainable solutions for four building types, using BREEAM
as a simple measure of performance. See:
http://www.brebookshop.com/details.jsp?id=149037
L’Observatoire de la Profession
d’Architecte 2005
The Conseil national de l’Ordre des architectes in
France has published the results of an enquiry carried out
for it by the IFOP research institute. The enquiry exposes
the way in which architecture is practised in France, and
how it is perceived. It is available through the CNOA website
where the questionnaire is open for further answers:
http://www.architectes.org/actualites/lire.php?id=945
Survey of the Regulation of the
Engineering Profession in Europe
The European Federation of National Engineering Associations
(FEANI) has published the results of a survey that it carried
out into the regulation of the engineering profession in
Europe. It is published as part of a special edition of
FEANI News which can be downloaded at:
http://www.feani.org/
Proceedings of PALENC 2005 Published
The book of proceedings of the International Conference
on Passive and Low Energy Cooling for the Built Environment
(PALENC) that was held on Santorini Island (Greece) in May
2005 has been published. Further information can be found
at:
http://palenc2005.conferences.gr/index.php?id=2976
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Events
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Architecture Research Futures
Organised by the Scottish Matrix for Architecture Research
and Knowledge (ScotMARK), this conference will take place
in Edinburgh from on the 15th and 16th December 2005. The
conference will address subjects such as conceptual models
for architectural research, trends and problems in research,
architecture research typologies, agenda setting and the
way forward. Full details can be found at:
http://www.archresearchconf.com
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Calls for Papers
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The ACE frequently receives notifications
of “Calls for Papers” for conferences and seminars
worldwide. You may have written a thesis or doctorate paper
that you would like to present or you may have an idea that
you wish develop and to share with a wider audience –
here is your chance:
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Competitions
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International Competition for the
Restructuring of “Residence Palace”
The UIA has announced the winner of this international competition
for the future headquarters of the European Council and
Council of Ministers of the European Union. The first prize
has been awarded to Samyn & Partners (Belgium), Studio
Vale Progettazioni (Italy) and Buro Happold (UK). The full
results and images of the winning entry can be found at:
http://register.consilium.eu.int/servlet/driver?lang=EN&ssf=DATE_DOCUMENT+DESC&fc=REGAISEN&srm=25&md=400&typ=Simple&cmsid=638&ff_TITRE=architectural&ff_FT_TEXT=&ff_SOUS_COTE_MATIERE=&dd_DATE_REUNION=&rc=2&nr=12&page=Detail
European Urban and Regional Planning
Awards 2006
The European Council of Town Planners (ECTP) has invited
entries for the 2006 awards. Full details on how to enter
can be found at:
http://www.ceu-ectp.org
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Useful links
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION HOMEPAGE
http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm
SEARCH PAGE FOR COMMISSION DOCUMENTS
http://www.europa.eu.int/prelex/rech_simple.cfm?CL=en
THE BARROSO COMMISSION:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/commission_barroso/index_en.htm
Website of the UK Presidency
http://www.eu2005.gov.uk
European Forum for Architectural Policies
http://www.architecture-forum.net
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING WEBSITE
www.sustainablebuilding.info
COAC INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS DATABASE:
http://www.coac.net/internacional/default_w.html
CNAPPC DATABASE – ARCHIEUROPE:
http://www.archieuro.archiworld.it
WEBSITE OF THE EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM:
http://www.ectp.org
EU IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN PRACTICE
Consult a list of impact assessments that the EU has carried
out on various legislative packages at:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/impact/index_en.htm
Register of Expert Groups of the European
Commission:
http://europe.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/regexp/
ArchiEuropa website – comparative
information on practice of architecture:
http://www.arvha.net/selectionlang.php?s=AXMIG1FZFB
ACE WEBSITE
http://www.ace-cae.org
USEFUL TIP:
In the website addresses given in ACE Info for the documents
of the EU, you will frequently see the following near the
end of the address: “_en”. These two letters
define the language of the document (English in the case
of “en”) and you can usually change these two
letters in order to bring you to a different language version
as follows:
French _fr German _de Danish _da Swedish _sv
Italian _it Spanish _es Greek _el Dutch _nl
Portuguese _pt Finnish _fi Czech _cs Maltese _mt
Estonian _et Latvian _lv Lithuanian _lt Polish _pl
Hungarian _hu Slovene _sl Slovak _sk
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EDITOR’S NOTE
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The editorial board for the compilation
of ACE Info is:
The ACE President: Marie-Helene Lucas
The Secretary General of the ACE: Alain Sagne
Senior Advisor to the ACE: Adrian Joyce
ACE Info is normally issued around the
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or French please) to adrian.joyce@ace-cae.org
Deadline for submissions is the first Friday of each month.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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The editorial board wishes to acknowledge
the sources of information for this edition of ACE Info
which include the ENHSA, the UIA, FEANI, the European Services
Forum, the CEPMC, FIEC, the Euractiv website (www.euractiv.com)
and Bulletin Quotidien Europe.
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adrian.joyce@ace-cae.org
– Comments and contributions welcome
