The Policies of COTANCE

Trade

COTANCE Position Statement on DDA (13 June 2008)

COTANCE adopts in Paris Guidelines on Terms of Payment (13 June 2008)

COTANCE produces a Handbook on Intellectual Property Rights for the leather sector

COTANCE Position Statement on the WTO Trade Round (DDA)

EU and US leather industries join forces in the WTO Round (Joint Statement)

International Contract for the Supply of raw Hides and Skins

COTANCE Submission regarding the EU Origin Marking initiative 

Social issues

Joint declaration on the destruction of UK cattle hides

Better Articulation of the Social Sectoral Dialogue at EU/National level

Workers accross borders

Code of Conduct: Implementation and evaluation

Third countries

Africa 

Enlargment to the CEECs

Environmental issues

COTANCE Position Statement on Substances in Articles (June 2008)

REACH  

UNIC's environmental report  

Rapex, safety alerts for non-food products  

ETAD information note on azo-dyes  

Cleaner production: UNEP's declaration

Report on Sustainability

IPPC

Raw Materials

Joint declaration on the destruction of UK cattle hides

Traceability of raw hides and skins  

International Contract for the Supply of raw Hides and Skins