MINUTES OF THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING

HELD ON JUNE 14, 2003

ANTWERP

 

 

 

The following regular and deputy members attended the meeting :

GERMANY

VERBAND DEUTSCHER KERZENHERSTELLER E.V. :

Stefan BAUER, Bettina BEESE, Peter BRAUN,
Moritz BRAND, Felix Brand, Jorgen DREYER,
Helmut GUTBERLET, Hans KOPSHITZ, Han LUGTMEYER
Matthias MARTIN, Jens NIELSEN, Thomas MÛLLER, Edwin VORSTEVELD

QUALITY ASSOCIATION CANDLES

Constanze Gillé, Volker Schmid

AUSTRIA

VERBAND OSTERREICHISCHER KERZENHERSTELLER

Herbert HOFER

BELGIUM

UNION PROFESSIONNELLE BELGE DES FABRICANTS DE CIERGES ET DE BOUGIES

Stéphane Bouckaert, Marc BONNY, Pieter BERT,
Pablo CREMERS, Alfons DUYCK, Herman Hoefnagels, Mark Gabriels, Luc Hautekiet, Gerard SPAAS,
Paul Van BAEL

DENMARK

ASSOCIATION OF DANISH CANDLE MANUFACTURERS

Stig Bograd, Geert Olesen, Jesper OLESEN,
Lars OleseN, Jorgen Olesen, Thomas OLESEN
Jesper OLESEN

FRANCE

SYNDICAT GENERAL DES FABRICANTS DE BOUGIES ET CIRIERS DE FRANCE

Pierre DEVINEAU

IRELAND

IRISH ASSOCIATION OF CANDLEMAKERS

Colin O’ CARROLL, Martina DUFFY MOTZ, Ken KEENAN
David SAMMON

ITALY

ASSOCIAZIONE CERAI D'ITALIA -

Luca Bertoncini, Antonio BERTONCINI,
Christiano Pernici, Roberto PIROLA,
Pier Luigi DI GIORGIO, Mario Graziani
Francesca RICCI

NORWAY

NORWEGIAN ASSOCIATION OF CANDLEMAKERS

Halvor Grave, Henry Maeland

 

 

THE NETHERLANDS

NEDERLANDSE VERENIGING VAN FABRIKANTEN IN DE KAARSENINDUSTRIE

Mathijs BOLSIUS, Guus Bolsius
Jacques HIRSCHHORN, Henk OTEMAN,

POLAND :

POLISH CANDLE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

Adam BASTA, Hartmut BOOCK, Grzegorz GLUCH,
Lucyna KONCZAL

UNITED KINGDOM :

BRITISH CANDLEMAKERS FEDERATION

Andrew LEACH, Alan MATTEWS, Andrew MORRISSON

SWITZERLAND

SWITZERLAND CANDLEMAKERS ASSOCIATION

Aloïs MULLER

General Secretary : M. Jean-Claude BARSACQ

 

 

Opening of the session, the General Meeting paid tribute to the memory of Mr. Pierre Cremers recently deceased in may 2003 and addressed an expression of sympathy to his wife and to his family.

  1. Approval of the minutes of the General Assembly Meeting held on June 8, 2002 :

    2. The minutes were approved.

  2. The chairman’s report

    3. The Report presented by the Chairman, Mr. Colin O'Carroll, was unanimously approved (attached).

  3. The accounts for 2002

    4. The accounts for the financial year 2002 were unanimously approved by the Meeting.

    Expenses were 10,081.80 € compared with a forecast of 10,671 €.

    Income was 9,881.37 € compared with a forecast of 10,300.42 € (attached).

  4. Budget and subscriptions for 2003

The increase in the expenditure come mainly from the setting up of specific operating budgets for the Technical Committee (7,000 €) and for the President’s travelling and representation expenses ( 3,000 €).

 

  1. European system of candle quality control

    2. The General Assembly approved the Management Board proposal to consider the current quality standards RAL managed by the Gütegemeinschaft as bases for the whole European industry.

    It gave its agreement to the constitution of an European Association Quality of the Candles, based in Stuttgart. The companies are invited to join this European association to be able to use the European quality logo for the candles respecting the quality standards determined by the association.

    The National associations have in charge to diffuse to their members the decision of the General Assembly and informations concerning the missions and the operations of the European Association Candles Quality.

  2. Nomination of the Président 2003/2005

    3. On the proposal of the Management Committee, the General Assembly approved unanimously the nomination of Mr Herbert Hofer as President of the European Association for a two years mandate.

    Monsieur Herbert Hofer thanked his colleagues for their expression of trust.

    On their behalf he paid tribute to the action of Mr Colin O' Carrol during the two past years spent as President of the Association. He thanked him for having agreed to continue to animate the Technical Committee works for the period to come.

  3. Nomination of vice-President 2003/2005

    4. On the proposal of the Management Comittee, the General Assembly elected the Vice-Presidents for a two years mandate :

    Mr. Mario Graziani

    Mr. Aloïs Muller

    Mr. Colin O’Carroll

  4. General Assembly meeting 2004

Upon an invitation of the Austrian Association, the 2004 General Meeting shall take place in Salzburg (Austria) on June 11 and 12, 2004.

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