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Building and civil works substantially differ from the export of capital goods and it is indispensable to source locally to a maximum extent instead of artificially sourcing inputs in third countries due to OECD restrictions on local costs. Nowadays, construction exporters from the OECD region need to be in a position to partner with local construction companies, either as joint venture partners or as subcontractors, and to rely on the local labour force and local construction equipment in order to stay competitive.",{"type":25,"attrs":36,"content":37},{"level":27},[38],{"text":39,"type":19},"EIC Position on OECD Local Cost rule",{"type":15,"content":41},[42],{"text":43,"type":19},"EIC holds that the systematics of the OECD Consensus’ Local Costs rule adheres primarily to the sphere of capital goods for which the export contract value can be defined easily as the local cost component is an ancillary element of the export contract. In case of construction export services, however, the distribution between export contract value und local costs is reverse to the extent that the local cost component is the most significant part of the total contract value. 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EIC and its Austrian Member Federation VIBÖ are pleased to welcome you to the EIC Autumn Conference 2025 taking place in Vienna.","2025-10-09","2025-10-10","Vienna, Austria","eic-autumn-conference-2025",{"id":259,"width":260,"height":261,"title":262,"blurhash":263},"8350eca5-9543-4930-a22a-35f34b4e0521",2000,1333,"Conference Image Shutterstock 2267486413 Web Size","U9HBfEo~00JDPE?baKo#00rnadxE01R4s.s7",{"title":265,"topic":266,"summary":267,"date_start":268,"date_end":269,"location":270,"url":271,"cover":272},"EIC Spring Conference 2025","Decarbonisation of Infrastructure Construction - From Concept to Reality","Bienvenue à Bordeaux - WELCOME to Bordeaux.  EIC and its French Member Federation SEFI-FNTP are pleased to welcome you to the EIC Spring Conference 2025 in Bordeaux.","2025-04-24","2025-04-25","Bordeaux, France","eic-spring-conference-2025",{"id":273,"width":274,"height":275,"title":276,"blurhash":277},"ef4349f7-9e0e-4d22-a0d1-8c676d08b8cd",5990,3992,"Shutterstock 384939334","UfOWNmjaIWxut:bcofoe%4n$R+WVa%WCkCRj",{"title":279,"topic":280,"summary":281,"date_start":282,"date_end":283,"location":284,"url":285,"cover":286},"EIC Autumn Conference 2024","Collaborative Delivery Models","Velkommen til København - WELCOME TO Copenhagen EIC and its Danish Member Federation, DI Danish Construction (DI Byggeri), are pleased to welcome you to the EIC Autumn Conference 2024 in Copenhagen","2024-10-03","2024-10-04","Copenhagen, Denmark","eic-autumn-conference-2024",{"id":287,"width":288,"height":289,"title":290,"blurhash":291},"20a86ce1-f129-434b-86d3-96159a9ebac6",1406,1000,"Image","UuMQ6RMdNHx]_NV@s:ofg5S#odaf%goLayof",{"title":293,"topic":10,"summary":294,"date_start":295,"date_end":296,"location":297,"url":298,"cover":299},"Joint FIEC-EIC Spring Conference 2024","Bienvenue à Bruxelles – WELCOME TO Brussels FIEC and EIC, in collaboration with its Belgian Member Federation, Embuild, are pleased to welcome you to the Joint FIEC-EIC Spring 2024 Conference in Brussels with a Workshop on: Building the change: Ho","2024-05-16","2024-05-17","Brussels, Belgium","joint-fiec-eic-spring-conference-2024",{"id":300,"width":260,"height":301,"title":302,"blurhash":303},"9c4996ff-5f12-4e64-b720-b3e752bfd382",1396,"Shutterstock 1946871412 Scstock Standardlizenz Websize.jpg","UsH2gRaJWrSjBHS6s,aeIuS6kDWBwsn#WEa#",{"title":305,"topic":10,"summary":306,"date_start":307,"date_end":308,"location":309,"url":310,"cover":311},"EIC Autumn Conference 2023","Welkom in Amsterdam– WELCOME TO Amsterdam EIC and its Dutch Member Federation, Netherlands Association of Maritime Business (NABU), are pleased to welcome you to the EIC Autumn Conference 2023 in Amsterdam with a Workshop on: The Global Energy Tran","2023-10-05","2023-10-06","Amsterdam, The Netherlands","eic-autumn-conference-2023",{"id":312,"width":126,"height":313,"title":314,"blurhash":315},"57e1a1ec-5e09-407b-8e1c-b5887752839d",1534,"Leitmotiv Shutterstock 2219032311 Web Besser.jpg","UYJt3U^*%1s.~9%1s+ofogbwM{RjS*WYaejb",[317,328,339,350],{"title":318,"summary":319,"tags":10,"url":320,"article_date":321,"cover":322},"European Aid for Trade","Aid for Trade is assistance provided to support partner countries' efforts to develop economic capacities and expand their trade as leverage for growth and poverty reduction. 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