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)

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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