What is a European Economic Interest Group?
The European Economic Interest Group = EEIG (French: Groupément Européen d' Intérêt Economique = GEIE) was estabilished according to EEC regulation Nr. 2137/85 approved by the Council, on 25 july 1985 within the context of an integrated programme in favour of SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises).
It is an effective instrument able to offer enterprises a reference framework for co-operation under the European Community legal system.
The establishment of a GEIE creates an independent legal body...
European Jewellery Technology Network is a European Group of Economic Interest incorporated in 1998, based in Brussels, Belgium. It includes 25 partners from 7 European Countries.
EJTN-GEIE started its activities with the aim
to encourage innovation and support in the development of the European
jewellery industry. It originated from the European Jewellery Thematic
Network project (TNW BET2-0667) under the Brite-Euram Programme, Directorate
XII, Research & Development,
4th Framework l Programme, coordinating the original network.
Initially, the projects coordinated related mainly to technological, socio-economic
and cultural aspects of the European jewellery sector, while in the following
years the spectrum of topics of interest progressively spread out, reaching
out to other related areas of interest such as cultural heritage, socio-economic
development, enhancement of cultural resources, authentication of precious
artifacts.
