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Newsletter January 2021
Every six months, a different country holds the presidency of the Council of the EU, the institution representing EU member state governments. The country holding the presidency plans and chairs Council meetings at the different levels and represents the Council vis-à-vis other EU institutions, often trying to encourage agreement on legislative files. Portugal holds the rotating presidency from January to June 2021. The programme of the Portuguese Presidency spells out three main priorities for these…
In December, EBI and experts nominated by EBI members participated in videoconferences with the experts of the RCD consortium. These videoconferences were on the topics of exhaust emissions, evaporative emissions, and design categories. In each one of them, EBI was able to present its position, which all EBI members had contributed to and had agreed in 2019/2020. Key points on the practical perspective, as well as the future developments of the industry, were brought across…
The EU and China have agreed in principle to a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). The agreement aims to balance the economic relationship between both parties, given that the EU market has always been more open to Chinese investment than the Chinese market has been to EU investment. It will ensure a better level playing field, which the Commission says will give European businesses a boost and will help them compete in China. China has…
The recreational boating industry relies on the health of our seas. That is why EBI is strongly committed to reducing marine pollution and raising awareness among boaters and the general public. The SeaCleaners, created by the sailor and ecologist Yvan Bourgnon, is a natural partner to EBI, given its commitments to awareness-raising, biodiversity protection, plastic waste collection and scientific observation. Under the new partnership based on a Memorandum of Understanding, both organisations will promote common…
In December 2020, EBI, ICOMIA and NMMA sent a joint letter to President-elect Joe Biden, urging the new administration to remove the steel and aluminium tariffs introduced by the previous US government, which had spurred retaliatory action from the EU and which had impacted the recreational boating industry. The letter congratulated the President-Elect on his election, while highlighting the key issues for the recreational boating industry in trade policy: the importance of EU-US trade in…
At the first General Assembly of the year, on 26 January, EBI met with its members to discuss the key aspects of 2020 and laid out the plans for the coming year. Two new sustaining members were welcomed – TransEurope Marinas and EMCI Register – further increasing EBI’s position as the voice of the European recreational boating industry. The General Assembly, held online, discussed the successful progress made in the past year, which saw EBI…
EBI and ICOMIA have entered a new partnership with mutual benefits for both EBI and ICOMIA members and an increased focus on the further development of nautical tourism. ICOMIA and EBI are very excited about this new partnership agreement and look forward to joining forces to tackle important industry issues together. ICOMIA is the international association representing the recreational boating industry. Its full members are global marine industry associations. ICOMIA is a longstanding stakeholder in…
On 27 January, EBI participated in an online event titled “Electrification workshop: Leisure boats” organised by consulting firm WSP, in conjunction with the EU’s Periscope project and Business Region Göteborg (Sweden). EBI Secretary-General Philip Easthill explained the EU policy drivers that will contribute to the sustainable transformation of recreational boating, where electrification has an important role to play. This includes the European Green Deal, the Healthy Oceans Mission, the ongoing review of the Recreational Craft…
The Manta is the flagship project of The SeaCleaners. It is a giant ship designed to collect, treat and repurpose large volumes of floating plastic debris present in highly polluted waters, along the coasts, in estuaries and in the mouths of large rivers, before it disperses and enters the marine ecosystem. After months of research and development starting in 2019, the final design of the Manta has finally been unveiled. Its construction will start in…
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