Council of European Employers of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-based Industries
Acronym: Ceemet
General Information
Identification Code: 61370904700-45
Website: http://www.ceemet.org/
Entity Form: AISBL
Registration Category: Trade and business associations
Registration Date: 12/7/2010
Last Update: 1/8/2024
EP Accredited Number: 4
Mission & Interests
Goals: Ceemet's mission is to represent, promote and defend the interests of the metal, engineering and technology-based (MET) industries with all relevant EU stakeholders in matters primarily related to employment and social affairs as well as industrial and trade policy.
Ceemet aims to :
- show that our members are part of the answer to the global challenges of the 21st century and an attractive industry;
- ensure the availability of a skilled and motivated workforce.
- promote competitiveness of industry and social innovation;
- support evidence-based regulation to ensure adherence to the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, particularly for SMEs.
Ceemet Members are national employers' organisations in 20 countries, responsible for representing the social policy and industrial relations' interests of the metal companies in the country concerned, and, where so existing, for the conclusion of the collective agreements in the metal industry.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Budget
- Business and industry
- Competition
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Education and training
- Employment and social affairs
- Institutional affairs
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Migration and asylum
- Research and innovation
- Single market
- Youth
Levels of Interest:
- global
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Ceemet's main focus lies with initiatives in the area of:
a. labour market surveillance and labour law at national and European level, b. employment and social policy, including social protection, c. education and employability, d. health and safety at the workplace, e. national and European level industrial relations.
Some recent related initiatives comprise publishing a 10 point plan in 2019, studies on digitalisation in 2020 and 2021 or the Chief economists report in 2022. We also organised, in 2022, several technical webinars on due diligence, pay transparency, just transition etc. bringing together MEPs and Commission officials with representatives from national Ceemet members including practitioners from company level.
Ceemet is the sole authoritative source of information on the current state of labour law in its representative sector, publishing its annual detailed summary of labour and employment law including the latest legal requirements resulting from its members' collective agreements.
Communication Activities: Ceemet regularly compiles studies on labour legislation, collective agreements, working conditions etc. based on information from our members. http://www.ceemet.org
Ceemet publishes regular news items on our website - http://www.ceemet.org
Ceemet is the representative social dialogue employer organisation for its sector, conducting studies into the use of various forms of employment contracts jointly with trade unions, publishing the same and conducting both bilateral and mulit-lateral meetings with trade unions on issues of labour law and social policy.
Finally, Ceemet organises a number of events annually to promote policy messages e.g. conferences, seminars, breakfast meetings, evening reception with relevant EU stakeholders.
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Commission Expert Group on Machinery#E03676#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3676 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Unofficial groupings
Head Office
Address: Rue Belliard 40 / Belliardstraat 40
Post Code: 1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 32
Phone Number: 027863045
EU Office
Address: Rue Belliard 40 / Belliardstraat 40
Post Code: 1040
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 32
Phone Number: 027863045
Financial Data
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Membership Information
Members: 6
Members F T E: 6
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Full members: https://www.ceemet.org/membership/
Observer Members: http://www.ceemet.org/members/observers
Organisation Members: EEN - European Employers Network at BUSINESSEUROPE
BIAC - Business at OECD
Current Job Opportunities
Research Intern - Council of European Employers
Council of European Employers of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-based Industries
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Posted: 9/23/2025
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