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Japan Business Council in Europe Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE) a.i.s.b.l Tel: 32-2-286.53.30 Web: http://www.jbce.org/ e-mail: [email protected] Who we are Created in 1999, JBCE is a leading European Organisation representing the interests of multinational companies of Japanese parentage active in Europe. Number of JBCE Member Companies 90 83 84 78 80 76 71 70 67 64 63 63 64 63 61 61 60 58 50 50 40 37 31 29 30 26 20 10 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Japan Business Council in Europe : Confidential 1 Sector of JBCE members Our members operate across a wide range of sectors. Sector Number Proportion Electronics/Electric 33 39.3% Chemicals 15 17.9% Automobile 9 10.7% Precision Machinery 5 6.0% Trading 4 4.8% Machinery 4 4.8% Other Products 3 3.6% Glass & Ceramics Products 2 2.4% Financials 2 2.4% Iron & Steel 2 2.4% Pharmaceutical 1 1.2% Land Transportation 1 1.2% Textiles & Apparels 2 2.4% Rubber Products 1 1.2% Total 84 100.0% Sector classification is based on the registration to TSE (Tokyo Stock Exchange) Japan Business Council in Europe : Confidential 2 Mission and Priorities Mission Build a bridge between Japan and the EU, enhancing Europe’s understanding of Japanese companies and their contribution to the European economy Contribute to EU public policy by sharing our members’ expertise with decision- makers across sectors Promote a favorable and predictable environment in which Japanese companies of all sectors can compete for sustainable growth in Europe Priorities We promote open trade and investment We encourage a common regulatory framework We foster responsible business conduct Japan Business Council in Europe : Confidential 3 JBCE Structure President Secretary General Toru Morita Kitayoshi Tsumita President & CEO Mitsui Chemicals Europe GmbH Board of Directors Lars Brückner, NEC (Vice-Chairman) Tetsuro Uruno, Fujitsu Satoru Shimizu, Panasonic Hiroshi Kojima, Canon(Treasurer) Norihiro Suzaki, Hitachi Keiko Nagase-Reimer, Shimadzu Tomohiro Inoue, Bridgestone Marcus Rieker, Horiba Koshi Noguchi, Toshiba Yuji Kawase, Mitsui & Co. Committees Planning Environment CSR Michael Adenau, Mitsui Chemicals Mihai Scumpieru, Yukako Kinoshita, Hitachi Mitsubishi Electric Brexit Task Force Regina Döller, Mitsui Chemicals Trade Lars Brückner, NEC Sandra Alvera, Panasonic Graham Holman, Sumitomo Corporation Digital Innovation Marco Canton, Fujitsu Standards & Conformity Corporate Policy Lars Brückner, NEC Kayo Shibata, Canon Koshi Noguchi, Toshiba Antoine Larpin, Panasonic Shigeto Minami, Sumitomo Chemical Japan Business Council in Europe : Confidential 4 JBCE Secretariat Kitayoshi TSUMITA Masaaki TAKEDA Secretary General Senior Manager Ryota TSUNEMI Shinya SASAKI Policy Manager Policy Manager (Environment Policy Committee) (Planning, Trade Policy, CSR, Corporate Policy Committee) Kumiko UEGAKI Seiji INOUE Policy Manager Policy Manager (Digital Innovation Committee) (Air-co WG) Naomi OTA Secretary Japan Business Council in Europe : Confidential 5 Committee Activities 6 Environment Committee 7 , Environment Committee Ms Astrid Ladefoged, Cabinet of Commissioner Vella, Mr Bjorn Hansen, Head of Unit、DG-ENVI (Sep 2017) Europeam Commision (Mar 2017) • Since the late 1990s , the EU introduced advanced environmental product regulations ahead of the world. EU environmental product regulations may also affect companies that do not do business activities within the EU, as they affect the entire supply chain. • The Environment Committee monitors policy trends in each environmental product regulation field and offers requests to the EU policy authorities when necessary. 8 Environment Committee RoHS • Contributed to the Pack15 (Mar18), then co-signed (Jun18) REACH • Contributed as the REACH REFIT Stakeholder (Jun18) • Panelist at the ‘Post2020 Supply Chain’ at the Helsinki Chemical Ms. Popova, REACH Forum (Jun, 2017) Legal Officer, DG-GROW, Resource Efficiency European Commission • Participated in the Circular Economy Stakeholder Conference (Feb18) Nanomaterials • Participated in the NanoDefine Final outreach WS (Sep, 2017) • Contributed to the Public consultation in REACH Annex revision Mr. Schally, Head of related to the Nanomaterials registrations (Nov, 2017) Unit, DG-ENVI, BPR (Biocidal Product Regulation) European Commission • Contributed to its effective implementation, especially in relation to treated articles, through the discussion with Commission and the attendance to the Competent Authority meeting. Eco-design/Energy-label • Co-signed ‘Material Efficiency Requirement’ (Sep17) F-gas regulation Ms. Zazvorkova, RoHS Policy Officer, DG-ENVI, • Participated and commented at F-gas Consultation Forum (Mar18) European Commission 9 Environment Committee Discussions with the EU presidencies Mr. Kalin Iliev, Bulgaria (Mar 2018) Mr. Vernon Edward, Malta (Jan 2017) Mr. Peter Korytár, Slovakia (Oct 2016) Ms. Kristi Klaas, Estonia (May 2017) 10 Helsinki Chemical Forum (Jun, 2017) Mihai Scumpieru, JBCE ENVI Committee Chair, discussing with Mr. Bjorn Hansen (selected as ECHA's new Executive Director ) 11 Working Group (WG) and Issue Group (IG) of Environment Committee Chair Mihai Scumpieru, Mitsubishi Electric Vice-Chair Regina Döller, Mitsui Chemicals (As of June 2018) RoHS Recast IG Hirokazu Kakinuma, Canon Category 8&9 IG Keiko Nagase-Reimer, Shimadzu WEEE Recast IG Mihai Scumpieru, Mitsubishi Electric IGs / BPR IG WGs REACH WG Nanomaterial IG Lars Brückner, NEC Keiko Nagase, Shimadzu Air-conditioner WG Rodney Ayre, Mitsubishi Electric Tetsuji Fujino, Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Eco-design/Energy-label IG Resource Efficiency IG Regina Döller, Mitsui Chemicals João T. Marinho, Hitachi 12 Trade Policy Committee 13 JBCE welcomes the finalisation of the EU-Japan EPA negotiations • The EU-Japan governments announced the successful conclusion of the final discussions on the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on the 8th December, 2017. • JBCE published a statement to welcome the finalization of EU-Japan EPA. Statement: https://www.jbce.org/trade-policy/jbce-welcomes-finalisation-eu-japan-epa- negotiations/ 14 Discussion with EU and Japanese Chief Negotiators on EU-Japan FTA/EPA Negotiations (co-hosted with JBCE and BusinessEurope) On 17th May 2017, during the negotiation round on the EU-Japan FTA/EPA at Brussels, JBCE and BusinessEurope co-hosted a forum to discuss the progress of the negotiations inviting Chief Negotiators from both sides. Photo ©JBCE 15 Trade Policy Committee Lars Brückner, Sandra Alverà, Ryota Tsunemi with EU-Japan EPA Stakeholders' Roundtable – 15 MEP Pedro SILVA PEREIRA at the EP (May18) European Associations and MEP PEREITA (Mar18) EU-Japan FTA/EPA • JBCE spoke at the European Parliament INTA Monitoring Group on Japan (May 18) • JBCE President discussed with key stakeholders at the EU Japan Business Round Table (May 18) • JBCE held the EU Japan EPA Stakeholders Round Table (Mar 18) • JBCE Trade Policy Committee discussed the FTAs between the EU and ASEAN countries (Mar 18) • JBCE published the statement to welcome the finalization of EU-Japan EPA (Dec 17) • JBCE hosted a meeting, inviting EU Deputy Chief Negotiator and Counsellor from the Mission of Japan to the EU (Oct 17) • JBCE applauded in its statement the EU-Japan EPA agreement in principle (Jul 17) • JBCE and BUSINESSEUROPE held events with EPA-FTA Chief negotiators (May17, Mar16) • JBCE, BusinessEurope, Keidanren and EBC co-signed and delivered the joint to EU Commission, Council, and PM Shinzo Abe (Sep 16) 16 CSR Committee 17 CSR Committee 2nd EU-Japan CSR Business Dialogue (Nov17) METI explained investor-company dialogues for collaborative value creation (Mar18) CSR Business dialogue (Promoting the discussion between EU and Japanese companies) • DG GROW participant gave feedback on the Dialogue (Dec17) • Co-hosted the 2nd EU-Japan CSR Dialogue with CSR Europe, Business Policy Forum Japan, CBCC in Tokyo (Nov17) CSR Strategy & SDGs • Session ‘Sustainable Finance’ (Mar18) • Speaker from METI explained the latest policy on investor-company dialogues for collaborative value creation (Mar18) • DG FISMA's high level expert group (HLEG)'s milestones and activities on the Sustainable Finance (Jan18) • Discussed with the European Commission Secretariat General, on the SDGs policies (Sep 17) • Participation to the EU-Japan Industrial Policy Dialogue- CSR Working Group (DG GROW-METI) (since 2014) Non-financial disclosure directive • Non-binding guidelines - Discussions with European Commission, Submission of position papers (2014- 2017) Conflict Mineral • Released the joint statement with JEITA for the draft EU Conflict Mineral Regulation (Feb17) • Discussion with DG Trade for the draft Conflict Mineral Regulation (Jan17) • Discussion with European Partnership for Responsible Minerals (Sep16) 18 Digital Innovation Committee 19 Digital Innovation Committee Digitising European Industry Strategy Discussed R&D by Horizon Europe by Ansip Cabinet member (June17) with METI official (May18) Data transfer, GDPR tween EU and Japanese companies) • Discussion of ePrivacy Regulation and Cybersecurity Package with DG CONNECT and Symantic (Feb18) • Study meeting for GDPR implementation inviting DPOs and experts from member companies with Takeshige Sugimoto, Partner at Bird & Bird (Mar 18, Apr17) Digitising Europe, Digital Trade • Discussed on the EU Digitizing European Industry Policy with Ansip Cabinet (Jun 17) Horizon 2020 • Discussed R&D by Horizon Europe with METI official (May18) • Discussed with Mr.