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Its full members are construction federations from 15 European countries, which are directly or indirectly affiliated to FIEC and have internationally active member firms.","text",{"type":19,"attrs":20,"content":22},"heading",{"level":21},2,[23],{"text":24,"type":17},"Organisation",{"type":13,"content":26},[27],{"text":28,"type":17},"EIC was founded in 1970 and is registered since 1984 as a legally independent business association under German law. Its mandate is to promote the interests of the European construction industry in relation to its international business activities. 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EIC, jointly with CICA, supported the Bank’s measures to enhance project performance and outcomes through increased focus on ESHS and suggested that the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work should be incorporated as well in the Bank’s new sustainability policy. The ILO core labour standards commit Member States to respect and promote principles and rights in four categories, whether or not they have ratified the relevant Conventions. These categories are: freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, the elimination of forced or compulsory labour, the abolition of child labour and the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.",{"type":19,"attrs":182,"content":183},{"level":127},[184],{"text":185,"type":17},"OECD LOCAL COSTS RULE IN RELATION TO CONSTRUCTION SERVICES",{"type":13,"content":187},[188],{"text":189,"type":17},"In November 2018, EIC participated to a Consultation Meeting at the OECD headquarters in Paris and explained to OECD governments and their export credit agencies why the restriction of official support for local costs to 30% of the export contract value was no longer appropriate. In unison with BIAC, the Business and Industry Advisory Council to the OECD, EIC called upon the OECD to quickly change the so-called “OECD Consensus” in order to enable export credit agencies to provide insurance for local costs up to the same amount as the export contract value across all sectors. Moreover, EIC suggested a new Sector Understanding on large construction and engineering (including EPC) projects, which recognises the fact that the export of engineering and construction services require a much higher amount of local costs then of other goods and services. The proposal to increase the coverage of local cost from 30% to 50% of the export contract value has meanwhile become an EU Position. 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