Eurovent > General Assembly 2007

Eurovent, the European Association of Team-Makers of air Conditioning and Cooling, has celebrated in Madrid, from May 30 to June 1, its 48ª General Assembly. The organization of the same one, that has congregated in our city at more than 60 people between congresspersons and companions, has been in charge of AFEC, that at the same time acted as the host.

The event supposed the execution of three programs in parallel: the program of work, reserved in its different meetings to the delegates, the social one with the majority participation of the companions and the optional one, that elapsed to the termination of the official acts of the assembly, that shared assembly members and companions.

The working program

Wednesday 30 the parliamentary activities with the celebration of the traditional meeting of the board of directors were initiated.

Thursday 31 was dedicated, in sessions of tomorrow and late, to the works of the Technical and Environmental Commissions.

The Environmental Commission was initiated with the presentation of the assistants, the reading of the rules on the competence, that should be observed in all the meetings of the Association, and the approval of the minutes of the previous meeting celebrated in Frankfurt.

Subsequently the Plan of Action for the two-year period was discussed 2007-2008, as well as the budget of this last year.

Subsequently each one of the responsible for the different working parties:

EEE. Energy efficiency in the Buildings (Mr. Ortiz).
ECOLABEL. Ecological labeling (Mr. Dieryckx)
RAEE and RuSP. Residues of electrical Appliances and Electronic and Restrictions to the utilization of you determined Dangerous Substances. (Mr. Ortiz)
PUE. Requirements of applicable ecological design to the Products that Utilize Energy. (Mr. Aloisi and Mr. Folempin)
F-gases/Refrigerants. Regulation on you determined gases fluorados of Effect Greenhouse/ Cooling. (Mr. Hoogkamer)

They presented to the Commission a report of the situation brought up to date of the implementation or development of each one of the Guidelines or Regulations of their responsibility, in each one of the countries of the European Union.

The agenda of the meeting was completed with the analysis of the environmental database, being agreed their publication in the web page and with a brief one I review to the new guidelines that, in brief time limit, they will need the attention of this commission.

The Technical Commission analyzed the activities developed by the 16 working Parties assets in the breast of the association. Previously to the start of the meeting, delivery was done to the assistants of a detailed report of said activities prepared by Mr. Becirspahic, Director of Operations of Eurovent.

The next day, Friday 1 of June, first thing in the morning in the morning met the executive board and subsequently after a brief pause took place the General Meeting.

The executive board attended to the presentation of the proposal of the Plan of Business 2007-2009, that carried out Mr. Chalmet, future Director of Operations. This Plan of Business is especially important, given that so much the Secretary general as the current Director of Operations to stop collaborating, after many years with the Association, what advises to study a possible integral renewal of its structure and to undertake a reconsideration of its objectives and activities.

The General Meeting, was initiated continuing the order of business, with the approval of the minutes of the previous meeting, pertaining to the General Assembly, celebrated in Helsinki, and of the Extraordinary one celebrated in Paris November 7, 2006, leading to continuation upon reporting annual on the activities of the board of directors, and of the Office of the secretary.

Subsequently the responsible for the Environmental Commissions, of Marketing and Technique presented the reports of activity of the preceding period, followed by the corresponding one to the company Eurovent Certification Company, carried out this last one, by their managing director Mr. Benoist.

Without interruption, was passed to the presentation to the assembly of the Plan of Business, and to the approval of the accounts of the year 2006. Immediately later the president, Francisco Muñoz of Leyva, pronounced the traditional speech on its management, that in this occasion was likewise of farewell given that its mandate finishes by the end of 2007.

The following point on the order of the day materialized with the confirmation of the continuity in the exercise of the General Office of the secretary of Eurovent of the Belgian business organization Agoria, although changing the physical person that will show off the charge of Secretary general, Felix Go Eyken in replacement of Michel they Go der Horst. This nomination led to that of the new Director of Operations in the person of Mr. Chalmet that will substitute in January from 2008 to Mr. Becirspahic that retires.

The approval of the budgets of the years 2007 and 2008, led to the election of the new president for the period 2008-2009 and to that of the six vice president. Among the candidates to the vice-presidency, AFEC presented to D. Javier Fernández of Bordons that turned out to be chosen jointly with other five candidates presented by other so many national associations. The following picture collects the result of it mentioned voting and the relation of chosen people.

CHARGE	NAME	ASSOCIATION	COUNTRY
President	Bowmeester, Lambert	FKL	HOLLAND
Vice president	Fernández of Bordons, Javier	AFEC	SPAIN
Vice president	Mager, George	AGORIA	BELGICA
Vice president	Grossi, Carlo	COAER	ITALY
Vice president	Herten, Christian	FV ALT im VDMA	GERMANY
Vice president	Robertsson, Goran	SWEDVENT	SWEDEN
Vice president	Huguet, Jean Pierre	UNICLIMA	FRANCE

With the presentation carried out by the Turkish delegation of the city of Istanbul, as next headquarters of the General Assembly and the planning of the future was closed the meeting.

The social program

A cocktail-have supper informal, for delegates and companions, served Wednesday day 30 to the fall in the afternoon in the gardens of the Hotel Door of America, headquarters of the Assembly, followed by a spectacle of flamenco in a localities specialized, initiated the social program.

The next day Thursday, the participants in the social program, they visited the Prado, the Monastery of the Barefoot Real and they carried out a brief one traveled through by the Madrid old. At night, jointly with the delegates, they attended in the Casino from Madrid to the formal dinner that was preceded by an aperitif, enlivened by a duet of key and violin, that interpreted several pieces of the baroque repertoire.

To the desserts a brief presentation of the manager of AFEC led to the speech of the presidents of Eurovent and of ARI, Francisco Muñoz of Leyva and Stephen Yurek respectively. Subsequently some plates of gratitude by their services they were delivered to two former-presidents of the Association: Eloy of Alone and Jean Marie Ghion. In absence of this last one collected the plate George Mager.

The president thanked publicly to Sule Becirspahic his dedication to Eurovent during the last years and he invited to pronounce some words. Subsequently the president closed the act.

The optional program

Friday 1 of June in the afternoon, a reduced group of people they carried out a visit guided to the House of Cervantes, to the Corral of Comedies and to the University of Alcalá of Hayfields, in the framework of the optional program, that would be completed the next day with a during the day complete excursion to Toledo.

The supper of farewell in a restaurant, in Madrid, supposed the last act of the General Assembly.