1. Building an ICT Highway to the EU Acquis Communautaire Info Day Dr. Leo Baumann EICTA Manager EP Affairs & Communications EICTA’s welcome to Infobalt joining the EU ICT/CE family

2. EICTA Members: 32 associations Austria: FEEI Belgium: AGORIA Czech Republic: SPIS Denmark: ITEK, ITB Finland: SET France: ALLIANCE TICS, SIMAVELEC Germany: BITKOM, ZVEI Greece: SEPE Hungary: IVSZ Italy: ANIE, ASSINFORM Ireland: ICT Ireland Latvia: LITTA Lithuania: INFOBALT Malta : ITTS Netherlands: Nederland-ICT Norway: ABELIA, IKT Norge Poland: KIGEIT, PIIT Slovakia: ITAS Slovenia: GZS Spain: AETIC Sweden: IT Företagen Switzerland: SWICO, SWISSMEM UK: INTELLECT Turkey: ECID, TESID

3. EICTA Members: 48 companies AccentureAgilent AlcatelApple Bang&Olufsen Blaupunkt BullCanon CiscoCorning DellEADS EpsonEricsson FujitsuGrundig Hitachi HP IBMInfineon IntelJVC KenwoodKonica-Minolta LexmarkL.G Electronics Loewe OptaLucent MarconiMatsushita Microsoft Motorola NEC Nokia NortelPhilips PioneerSamsung SanyoSAP SharpSiemens SonySun Microsystems Texas Instruments Thales Thomson MM Toshiba

4. EICTA’s Mission Promote the common global interests of the represented Information Systems, Telecommunication Technology and Consumer Electronics Industry in Europe Support the harmonious development of the European ICT and CE industry's overall business interests through related technical, economic and legal aspects of policy making at European level

5. Main committees Information Society & Electronic Commerce (ISEC) Legal Affairs & Consumer Policy (LCC) Industry Policy (IPC) Technical Affairs (TAC) Radio & Spectrum Policy (RSPC) Environmental Policy (EPC) Trade Policy (TPC) R&D and Education Policy (RDEPC)

6. Lobbying campaigns for 2003/2004 eEurope 2005 Digital TV switchover DRM/Levies Patentability of Computer-implemented Inventions (CIIs)

7. Importance of the EICTA-NTA relationship MEP meetings Representation of SME interests Implementation of EU-Directives into national law

8. Why a BSP? Accession to the EU Single Market will require Companies to: Adapt their management and production methods to the “Acquis Communitaire” & to the Rules of the Single Market Companies will require support from associations which can effectively represent them

9. Objectives To help strengthen the capacity of industry associations in the CEE to meet the challenges of accession, and To provide them with the expertise to effectively support their member companies. www.electranet.org