| Dear Friends of the EBC,
The EBC committees are very dynamic, and it is important to communicate about their activity. If your company wishes to join one of them, please contact us!
On 24 August, the EBC Medical Equipment and IVD Committee organised a lecture on Germany’s insurance and medical reimbursement systems and Mr. Hiroaki Tabata (LDP), Member of the House of Representatives, communicated on “Looking Ahead to the 2024 Revision of Medical Fees.” For further details, you can read this article (EN / JP).
On 30 August, the EBC Logistics & Freight Committee visited Narita International Airport (NAA) to get a tour of the current facilities with a focus on the logistics capabilities. NAA also gave the committee an insight into the changes that the airport will undergo during the next couple of years: digitalisation to cope with labour constraints, a new cargo terminal, a landing strip that will be extended, and a completely new runway. The members also had the chance to see JAL Cargo’s terminal.
On 4 September, the EBC met the European Commission data flow negotiating team. The EU and Japan are holding the fifth round of negotiations in Tokyo on an agreement on data flows between our two regions. The participating EBC members had the chance to convey the opinions and requests of the EBC in this field. The Commission also gave its view on the negotiations and hoped that they would be concluded by the end of the year. With the ever-increasing data exchange between the EU and Japan, and with a large portion of EBC companies using European resources to process data gathered in Japan, it is important that the agreement will make certain that we can continue to send data from Japan to Europe and vice versa.
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The EBC team is looking forward to hearing from you soon,
Valerie Moschetti
EBC Chief Operating Officer |
