Association for Glass (General) Standing Committee of the European Glass Industries

1. The CPIV assures the representation of the Glass Industry within the European Economic Community to the EU institutions and organizations.

2. More generally, and when necessary, it assures the representation of these industries to any other authority, organization or professional or syndical body, European or international group.

3. To do so:

a) the CPIV studies problems common to its members, either of a technological, economical, statistical, legal or other order and whether put on by the initiatives of a European or international organism or by one of those the profession would like to see examined;

b) the CPIV organizes consultations between its members in order to arrive at fully representative common positions on problems of general interest;

c) the CPIV will attempt to ensure that all discussions with the various organizations listed in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article result in an agreement which conforms with the decisions reached in sub-sections a) and b) above;

d) the CPIV provides regular information for its members on draft proposals and projects concerning the Glass Industry or industries in close connection with it, put forward by the various organizations enumerated in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article;

e) the CPIV gathers, co-ordinates and distributes among its members information of an economic, statistical or any other nature concerning the world of Glass Industry.

4. The CPIV has no lucrative ambitions in the execution of the various tasks imparted upon it.