European Construction Industry Federation
FIEC
Represent, via the national member federations, construction enterprises • of all sizes (from builders/ crafts/ one person SMEs through to large firms) • of all Building and Civil Engineering specialities • practising all kinds of working methods (whether operating as general contractors or as sub-contractors), Promote and defend to all institutions, organisations and persons, in particular to the EU institutions and agencies, the specific interests of its members in all areas: • economic and legal, as a federation of industry and craft enterprises • social (including training/ education, health safety), as an employers' federation (only recognised Social Partner/ employers' representative in the Sectoral Social Dialogue in the Construction Industry) • technical and environmental, dealing with matters linked to energy, decarbonisation, energy efficiency, RD, innovation, digitalisation and standardisation. (first ever Associate Member of CEN)
Lobbying Activity
Response to Circular Economy Act
6 Nov 2025
Meeting with Barbara Bonvissuto (Director Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
4 Nov 2025 · Participation at the “EU Construction lunch”
Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and
15 Sept 2025 · Housing construction
Meeting with Jana Toom (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
11 Sept 2025 · Subcontracting practices
Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and
2 Sept 2025 · Water/ Energy Nexus Interaction of Water Efficiency policy and housing policies
Meeting with Mehdi Hocine (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
11 Jul 2025 · Discussion with FIEC regarding the EU Construction Services Act
Meeting with Per Clausen (Member of the European Parliament) and EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS
10 Jun 2025 · Project conference - Reception - Social Identity Cards In Construction (SIDE-CIC)
Response to Apply AI Strategy: strengthening the AI continent
3 Jun 2025
Meeting with Matthew Baldwin (Deputy Director-General Energy) and
2 Jun 2025 · Housing, homelessness, social housing, sustainability, short term rental accommodations, construction
Meeting with Ralph Schmitt-Nilson (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and
16 Apr 2025 · FNTP, Clean Industrial Deal, in connection with the challenge of decarbonising infrastructure, as well as the reform of the public procurement directives.
Meeting with Mirka Janda (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto) and
15 Apr 2025 · Water sector
Meeting with Dirk Gotink (Member of the European Parliament) and Union Internationale de la Propriété Immobilière - International Union of Property Owners
8 Apr 2025 · Housing - APA
Meeting with Katharina Knapton-Vierlich (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
11 Mar 2025 · Working Group Housing
Response to European Water Resilience Strategy
4 Mar 2025
Meeting with Silke Brocks (Acting Head of Unit Mobility and Transport)
17 Feb 2025 · Discussion the new maintenance provisions of the TEN-T Regulation (Art. 48 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679
Meeting with Katharina Knapton-Vierlich (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
30 Jan 2025 · Exchange of views on the construction policy of the new mandate with a focus on the European Affordable Housing Plan, to which FIEC has submitted a position paper that constituted the basis for the exchange.
Meeting with Andrey Novakov (Member of the European Parliament)
29 Nov 2024 · Construction and Infrastructure
Meeting with Dominique Riquet (Member of the European Parliament)
20 Feb 2024 · Politique des transports
Response to 2024 Evaluation of the European Labour Authority
5 Jan 2024
Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and
30 Nov 2023 · Clean Transition Dialogue on Energy Intensive Industries
Meeting with Róża Thun Und Hohenstein (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
16 Nov 2023 · Combating Late Payments Regulation
Meeting with Beatrice Covassi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
15 Nov 2023 · Public Hearing - Soil Monitoring Law
Response to Commission Recommendation on the recognition of qualifications of third country nationals
12 Oct 2023
Meeting with Christine Schneider (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and
28 Mar 2023 · nature restoration
Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) and
16 Mar 2023 · CMRD6
Meeting with Ciarán Cuffe (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and
22 Feb 2023 · Speaker at event: Construction Blueprint project / The skills needed to implement the Renovation Wave
Meeting with Marina Mesure (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion) and EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS
1 Feb 2023 · Amiante
Meeting with Véronique Trillet-Lenoir (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
6 Dec 2022 · Asbestos at work directive
Meeting with Véronique Trillet-Lenoir (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Fédération Française du Bâtiment
1 Dec 2022 · Asbestos at work directive
Response to European Critical Raw Materials Act
25 Nov 2022
Meeting with Seán Kelly (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)
25 Oct 2022 · The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
Meeting with Helena Braun (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and
20 Oct 2022 · circular economy and construction sector
Meeting with Dominique Riquet (Member of the European Parliament) and Inland Navigation Europe
21 Apr 2022 · Infrastructures de transport
Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and
3 Mar 2022 · Minimum wage proposal, Platform work proposal, Labour shortages, Right to Request Remote Working Bill, Social dialogue.
Meeting with Joost Korte (Director-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion) and EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS
16 Dec 2021 · social ID, Esspass
Meeting with Nikolaj Villumsen (Member of the European Parliament) and EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS
13 Oct 2021 · Morgenbrief: Towards digital enforcement for the construction industry
Meeting with Nikolaj Villumsen (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)
23 Apr 2021 · Asbest
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
27 Nov 2020 · High Level Roundtable - Skills for the Construction Sector
Meeting with Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner) and
27 Nov 2020 · Pact for Skills roundtable with the construction sector.
Response to Sustainable Products Policy Legislative Initiative
29 Oct 2020
Meeting with Rozalina Petrova (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius)
14 Sept 2020 · To discuss the Circular Economy Action Plan and future EU initiatives related to the construction sector.
Response to Review of the Construction Products Regulation
27 Jul 2020
Meeting with Diederik Samsom (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Stefanie Hiesinger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS
25 Jun 2020 · Implementation of the European Green Deal for the construction industry
Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and
23 Apr 2020 · How building renovation can contribute to post covid-19 recovery, how to get renovation projects off the ground, how to remove regulatory obstacles and improve advice.
Meeting with Thierry Breton (Commissioner) and
20 Apr 2020 · Follow-up call on the crisis’ impact on the built environment sector
Meeting with Alessandro Carano (Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc)
17 Oct 2018 · procurement in infrastructure construction issues
Meeting with Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen), Ruth Paserman (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen) and EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS
5 Sept 2016 · Services Passport
Meeting with Jean-Claude Juncker (President)
5 Jun 2015 · Speech: Overview of the Commission's Political Priorities
Meeting with Marianne Thyssen (Commissioner) and
17 Apr 2015 · Labour mobility and social protection in the EU construction sector
Meeting with Violeta Bulc (Commissioner) and
13 Apr 2015 · Meeting Commissioner Bulc
Meeting with Inge Bernaerts (Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen) and EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS
8 Jan 2015 · Labour mobility