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Committees
Committees
The Planning Committee deals with the overall strategic agenda of the association. It is composed of the Board Members and Chairs and Vice-Chairs of the established policy committees.
The Planning Committee’s coverage includes areas such as:
- General direction taken by the association
- Overall strategic aspects of the association’s management
- Human resources related developments
- Budget and annual planning
- New initiatives / activities undertaken by the association
A Cross-Committee Working Group and a Health Study Group operate under the aegis of the Planning Committee.
The Corporate Sustainability Committee aims to enhance the contributions of JBCE members to EU policies related to responsible business conduct. The committee also creates a platform to share information and best practices regarding the implementation of EU legislation among its members and key stakeholders.
The committee is currently focusing on the sustainability Omnibus, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D), the Forced Labour Product Ban (FLPB), the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the EU Taxonomy and due diligence aspects of other legislation.
The Environment & Energy Committee focuses on product-related EU environmental policy in the fields of chemicals, the circular economy and climate. Its activities are organised into eight working groups, each dealing with a specific issue.
Key priorities of the committee include the ROHS Directive, the REACH Regulation, the Eco-design Directive, the Battery Regulation, the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive, the PPWR Directive, the F-gas Regulation, hydrogen (RED III, Gas Market Package) and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).
The Digital Innovation Committee works to build JBCE members’ capacity to understand the EU’s digital policy landscape. The EU-Japan Digital Partnership (2022) is central to the committee’s work as it promotes cooperation in areas such as artificial intelligence, quantum technology, cybersecurity, semiconductors, and 5G/6G.
The committee is closely following key EU legislation including the Data Act, the Artificial Intelligence Act, the Cyber Resilience Act and the Cybersecurity Act revision.
The Standards & Conformity Committee follows the EU’s policies relating to standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment.
Its key priorities are the New Legislative Framework (NLF) and the Standardisation Strategy. The committee also works in close collaboration with other JBCE committees such as Digital Innovation and Environment & Energy on regulatory issues related to their priority files. The committee covers conformity assessments for horizontal regulations like the circular economy and Battery Regulation, and the new conformity assessments for AI, Cybersecurity and Eco-design.
The Trade Policy Committee focuses on facilitating open markets for trade and investment by promoting the opportunities and benefits of free trade between the EU and reliable trading partners. In this context, the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) (2019) was a crucial milestone for the committee and is foundational to its current work.
The Trade Policy Committee deals with a wide scope of trade-related issues ranging from the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), economic security, EU-US-China trade relations, the Forced Labour Product Ban (FLPB), the Waste Shipment Regulation, Foreign Subsidies Regulation and the EU-Japan trade relationship.
