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Comité Colbert

The purposes of the Comité Colbert, an association founded in 1954 that comes under the French law of July 1, 1901, shall be to: 1- Represent artisanal, commercial or industrial businesses in France that have earned an international reputation, operate primarily in the sectors of creation and/or hospitality and have agreed to collaborate to find solutions to problems inherent to their business activity 2- Implement all possible means to encourage businesses in these sectors to start exporting or to expand their export activities, thereby promoting the prestige of France in the world. 3- Examine and take all possible measures to ensure the development of the crafts used to make products – essentially by hand – and provide services of outstanding quality, thanks to a highly qualified labor force with a long-established reputation, and to adopt any approach or take any action that may contribute directly or indirectly towards the attainment of the aforementioned purposes (...)

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Jessika Roswall (Commissioner) and

7 Mar 2025 · Textiles

Meeting with Céline Imart (Member of the European Parliament) and PERNOD RICARD

26 Nov 2024 · Commerce international

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Nov 2024 · Echanges autour des actualités politiques et européennes du groupe

Meeting with Laurence Farreng (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Nov 2024 · Savoir faire et industrie du luxe européenne

Meeting with Florika Fink-Hooijer (Director-General Environment)

14 Mar 2024 · Circular Economy Eu Textile Strategy Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation

Response to Review of the requirements for packaging and feasibility of measures to prevent packaging waste

19 Apr 2023

Please find in attachment the collective contribution of Comité Colbert, Unifab and Febea on certain aspects of the proposal.
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Response to Digital Services Act: deepening the Internal Market and clarifying responsibilities for digital services

26 Mar 2021

Tackling the proliferation of illegal products online has become even more important to foster consumers’ trust in the digital environment now that the COVID-19 crisis has forced them to rely increasingly on the Internet for their everyday needs. Although we regret that the Commission chose not to render proactive/preventive checks for illegal goods mandatory, we appreciate the positive steps forward in the DSA proposal. But we are concerned that it is not robust enough and it should be improved on key points: Know Your Business Customer (KYBC) Counterfeiters operate under fake identities making it impossible for rights owners and consumers to take actions against them. Introducing a KYBC principle is thus welcome. But its scope, limited to marketplaces, should be extended to all online intermediaries, including those with a BtoB activity (i.e. advertising providers, domain name registrars). The principle should also be extended to private sellers or strengthened to prevent professional users from circumventing KYBC obligations by registering as private sellers. Verification obligations should also be more ambitious. They are not consistent with those provided in other EU legislation (Proposed NIS2 Directive) and the DSA should align on these. They should also ensure that the information collected by intermediaries is regularly updated. The requirement to delete it once the relationship with the seller is terminated would effectively deny consumers and rights owners any access to reliable information to enforce their rights. The information should thus be kept for as long as necessary under applicable statutes of limitations. Invoking the right to anonymity is not justified in the context of commercial transactions. An entity from which an online service provider is taking money and which is in turn taking money from consumers should be identifiable. It’s in line with the DSA’s founding principle “what is illegal offline is illegal online”. Stay-down & repeat infringers Our members dedicate considerable resources to detect and flag illegal goods online and their efforts are strongly undermined by the fact that illegal listings almost instantly reappear after being taken down, forcing them to report the same content again. The DSA should introduce a stay-down obligation. As it is, the proposed regulation doesn’t improve the current situation where consumers are repeatedly put at risk. The obligation to ensure that identical or equivalent illegal content does not reappear is a means to ensure the effectiveness of notice and take down procedures. It is compatible with the prohibition of general monitoring as demonstrated by recent European case law (CJEU case C-18/18, 3/10/2019). Besides, current repeat infringer provisions do not correctly address the problem. Sellers who repeatedly sell illegal products should be immediately and indefinitely suspended. We suggest a threshold of a ban after 3 notifications. The platforms know if the seller has registered several related accounts offering counterfeits of several brands, thus maximising its illegal profits and mitigating its own risks. Thereafter, all of the seller’s accounts should be closed and the seller banned from opening new accounts. We suggest clarifying that Article 20 will apply on a seller and not just at account level. Trusted flaggers The trusted flagger definition seems to exclude individual brand owners. Brand owners are in the best position to assess the validity of their rights and they should benefit from this status when they flag illegal content related to their own brands. The DSA should also clarify that trusted flagger notices shall be given priority treatment, both in terms of more rapid examination and action. Risk Assessment and mitigation Illegal products remain illegal whatever the size of the platform. The assessment of systemic risks and the creation of means to mitigate them should thus apply proportionately to all online platforms.
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Response to Revision of the NIS Directive

16 Mar 2021

The Comité Colbert welcomes the Commission’s proposal for the NIS2 Directive, which will enhance the EU citizens’ security in the digital environment. Article 23 which addresses the importance of maintaining the accuracy and accessibility of domain name registration data for the upholding and preservation of a reliable, resilient and secure domain name system, is particularly important in this context in order to allow consumers, rights owners and Member States to enforce their rights by taking legal actions against cybercriminals. Indeed, the loss of access to publicly accessible domain name registration data since the application of the GDPR has been problematic for a number of cybersecurity, law-enforcement, and brand protection reasons. The wording in Article 23 of NIS2 partly addresses this problem, by requiring that entities providing domain name registration services “collect and maintain accurate and complete domain name registration data” and publish registration data “which are not personal data” in order to “identify and contact the holders of the domain names”. These provisions will certainly help to ensure that non-personal domain name data is accurately maintained, transparent and accessible. However, we would recommend that the Directive includes more details as to how these new provisions should be implemented and enforced. You will please find in the attached contribution the Comité Colbert full analysis and proposals.
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Meeting with Eric Peters (Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel)

9 Nov 2017 · lutte contre les contenus illégaux en ligne

Meeting with Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska)

9 Nov 2017 · l'evolution des enjeux reglementaires de l'industrie du luxe