VDE - Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik e.V.
VDE e.V.
Der VDE ist die größte Technologie-Organisationen der EU.
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Lobbying Activity
Meeting with Alexander Jungbluth (Member of the European Parliament)
10 Dec 2025 · Technological innovations in the German electrical industry
Meeting with Guillaume Roty (Head of Unit Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs)
14 Nov 2025 · Revision of the standardisation Regulation
Response to Evaluation and Revision of the Chips Act ("Chips Act 2.0")
10 Nov 2025
The VDE is the largest technology organization in the European Union, more details: www.vde.com/en. Various professional associations are grouped together within the VDE. These include, for example, the Society for Microelectronics, Microsystems and Precision Engineering (VDE GMM) and the Information Technology Society within the VDE (VDE ITG). Both professional associations VDE ITG and VDE GMM began addressing the topic of microelectronics at a very early stage. When the EU Commission was preparing the EU Chips Act 1.0, experts from the VDE network provided advice and support. The two VDE papers, Hidden Electronics II and III, provided impetus for the design of the EU Chips Act at the time. On September 2, 2025, the VDE presented its new paper Hidden Electronics IV at its annual summer reception in Brussels. The paper highlights areas where the EU Commission needs to take further action in order to build on the success of the EU Chip Act 1.0 with an EU Chip Act 2.0. The paper Hidden Electronics IV and the written contents of the VDE/EUREL European Future Technology Summit 2025 (EFTS 2025) with the title "Europes Comeback: Microelectronics, Resilience and Future Technology under the EU Chips Act" will be made the subject of the VDE as part of this consultation process. Written content of EFTS 2025: https://www.vde.com/en/working-areas/politics/brussels/events-bxl/vde-eurel-efts-2025
Read full responseResponse to EU vision for enhancing global climate and energy transition
11 Sept 2025
The German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (DKE) welcomes the opportunity to give feedback to such an important strategy that can help shaping a net-zero world and meet the UN sustainability goals. As the German member in CENELEC and ETSI at European level, and IEC at international level, DKE contributes to shaping European and global standards that reflect European priorities, support industrial decarbonization, and give EU businesses a competitive advantage. By leveraging its international network and expertise, DKE helps drive negotiations and partnerships around standardization, supporting the EUs efforts to accelerate clean technology deployment and advance the global climate and energy transition. We are therefore committed to support the EU in its strategy to boost climate and energy transition by provide constructive recommendations and technical solutions to help the EU achieve its climate and energy objectives. Achieving the EUs climate-neutrality objectives and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) particularly SDG 7 on Affordable and Clean Energy and SDG 13 on Climate Action requires countries to adopt state-of-the-art technologies and align their trade practices with WTO principles to remove barriers and promote global acceptance of green products. By placing standards at the heart of climate negotiations, the EU can translate ambition into action, drive a faster and fairer global energy transition and climate adaptation, and reinforce Europes role as a global leader in sustainable innovation. Global challenges demand globally agreed solutions. We recommend the European Commission to place international standardization at the heart of the EUs climate and energy transition global strategy, as these standards are strategic enablers and exemplify multilateralism. The Frankfurt Agreement between CENELEC, the European Electrotechnical Committee, and the IEC, the International Electrotechnical Commission, strengthens the bridge between European and international standardization by aligning CENELEC and IEC frameworks, enabling globally interoperable, safe, and market-accessible solutions to shared challenges like renewable energy and digital technologies. In addition, IEC Conformity Assessment (CA) Systems play a vital role in turning standards into trusted, practical solutions. While standards act as the catalyst by defining common frameworks, CA systems serve as the engine that powers implementation, ensuring products, systems, and services actually comply with these standards and supporting the achievement of SDGs. By leveraging IEC and CENELEC frameworks, the EU can accelerate clean technology deployment, strengthen global leadership on SDG 7, SDG 13, and COP objectives, and ensure European solutions scale worldwide. Our recommendations outline how deeper engagement, financing, and a stronger policy- technical dialogue at COP30 can turn this vision into reality. Please read the full paper for our detailed recommendations.
Read full responseResponse to Omnibus Regulation Aligning product legislation with the digital age
2 Sept 2025
The German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (DKE) a business unit from the wider VDE Group, welcomes the European Commissions aim to modernize product legislation through the Omnibus IV simplification package, and to ensure that the European Single Market remains fit for the digital age. We share the ambition to reduce barriers to trade, improve legal certainty, and support innovation. At the same time, we consider it essential that the proposed changes respect the principles of the New Legislative Framework (NLF) and maintain the strength of Europes public private partnership in standardization. From the perspective of DKE, the following two areas from the Omnibus IV package deserve particular attention: Common Specifications (CS) Harmonized Standards must remain the primary tool for supporting EU legislation, ensuring the broad expertise of stakeholders involvement and high technical quality. Common Specifications should remain a last-resort solution, applied consistently, developed with stakeholder input, and withdrawn once Harmonized Standards are available. Any shift toward Common Specifications driven by the European Commission must be carefully framed to preserve inclusivity, transparency, and technical rigor. In this regard, reverting to elements of an old approach must not undermine the principles of the NLF. Digital Product Passport (DPP) The integration of product-related and conformity-related information into a digital format is welcomed. Yet, provisions in Omnibus IV must not create parallel structures that undermine the current NLF revision. A consistent, standardized approach is essential to ensure interoperability, data quality and trust across the Single Market. For the full feedback please see the paper attached.
Read full responseResponse to Omnibus Directive Aligning product legislation with the digital age
2 Sept 2025
The German Commission for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (DKE) a business unit from the wider VDE Group, welcomes the European Commissions aim to modernize product legislation through the Omnibus IV simplification package, and to ensure that the European Single Market remains fit for the digital age. We share the ambition to reduce barriers to trade, improve legal certainty, and support innovation. At the same time, we consider it essential that the proposed changes respect the principles of the New Legislative Framework (NLF) and maintain the strength of Europes public private partnership in standardization. From the perspective of DKE, the following two areas from the Omnibus IV package deserve particular attention: Common Specifications (CS) Harmonized Standards must remain the primary tool for supporting EU legislation, ensuring the broad expertise of stakeholders involvement and high technical quality. Common Specifications should remain a last-resort solution, applied consistently, developed with stakeholder input, and withdrawn once Harmonized Standards are available. Any shift toward Common Specifications driven by the European Commission must be carefully framed to preserve inclusivity, transparency, and technical rigor. In this regard, reverting to elements of an old approach must not undermine the principles of the NLF. Digital Product Passport (DPP) The integration of product-related and conformity-related information into a digital format is welcomed. Yet, provisions in Omnibus IV must not create parallel structures that undermine the current NLF revision. A consistent, standardized approach is essential to ensure interoperability, data quality and trust across the Single Market. For the full feedback please see the paper attached.
Read full responseResponse to Revision of the 'New Legislative Framework'
2 Sept 2025
The following feedback is a position from the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (DKE), a business unit from the wider VDE Group, which contributes to Europes Quality Infrastructure (QI) and for which the NLF, until now, is an important and well-appreciated legislation. DKE brings extensive experience in standardization and conformity assessment - operating at German, European, and global levels. To tackle this revision, and as the evaluation of the NLF has demonstrated, it is essential to recognize that the framework is fundamentally sound and effective. The revision process should therefore aim not at reinventing the system, but at fine-tuning it to address current and emerging challenges, including the shift related to the twin transition towards sustainability and digitalization, the growing complexity of global value chains, and the increasing presence of non-compliant products in the Single Market. DKE is putting forward targeted recommendations to help policymakers reinforce the NLFs strengths and ensure it remains a key driver of innovation, high standards, and global market access for European industries, KEY RECOMMENDATIONS SUMMARY DKE calls the European Commission to: Ensure regulatory efficiency: By focusing legislation on essential requirements, the EU minimizes regulatory burdens, creates a legislation providing solid, stable foundation while enhancing the adaptability of its legal framework to technological progress. Leverage IEC and ETICS Certification Schemes for achieving both circularity and balanced global trade environment. Preserve the Modul A approach but with a differentiated conformity assessment system that act as a strategic tool to uphold European standards and support European manufacturers. Adopt quality management principles for manufacturers and economic operators based outside Europe as a conceptual foundation for the future evolution of CE legislation to strengthen regulatory coherence as well as support the digital transformation of industrial processes. Reform presumption of conformity to help support fair competition in ensuring that rules do not disadvantage compliant manufacturers by allowing faster market access for non-compliant players. Promote the adoption of SMART standards to enable automated, reliable, and efficient conformity assessment and market surveillance in a digital economy. Integrate the Digital Product Passport (DPP) as a central compliance tool for both market actors and authorities, supporting transparency, traceability, and data-driven enforcement across product life cycles. Read the full feedback in the paper attached.
Read full responseResponse to Revision of the Standardisation Regulation
21 Jul 2025
DKE the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies acts as the German National Committee (NC) of CENELEC and National Standards Organization (NSO) of ETSI. In this capacity, DKE believes that the Revision of Regulation 1025/2012 offers a unique opportunity to future-proof the European standardization system and reinforce the EU Single Market. Through our key role in shaping the European and international electrotechnical standardization landscape, we would like to highlight the specificities of our electrotechnical sector and share our constructive vision of a well-functioning European Standardization System. Please refer to our position paper attached.
Read full responseMeeting with Svenja Hahn (Member of the European Parliament)
14 May 2025 · Standardisation