Euroleather

     E-shoe learning is a project, which was successfuly completed under Leonardo da Vinci program and led by Industrial development centre for leather and footwear industry of Slovenia - ZAVOD IRCUO. Its partners included GERIC Member ...

COTANCE meets in Pompeii  COTANCE’s 2009 Assembly General and Council took place on June 5 in Pompeii, at the site’s “Auditorium degli Scavi”. The encounter offered  the opportunity to visit the ancient Roman tannery in the archaeological...

The REACH Challenge & Innovation in the European Leather Industry   On 27 October, COTANCE held a Round Table at the highest level of the organised European Leather Industry. It was co-hosted by GERIC, the grouping of Eu...

IP Awareness and Enforcement: Modular Based Actions for SMEsCOTANCE produces a Handbook on Intellectual Property Rights for the leather sector Counterfeiting and piracy causes significant damage to industrial operators and business in many sectors. Fashion...

Terms of Payment - Guidelines adopted by COTANCE, Paris, 13 June 2008 Introduction – Why this document ? Credit for business has become increasingly difficult and costly, notably in traditional sectors composed by SME’s such as the leather industry, ...

One Leather Training goes on line (2005-2007) On 3rd October 2005 Europe’s leather research and training centres together with a number of European leather trade associations launched in Naples, at the SSIP, the start of “ONE LEATHER TRAINING”, a EU ...

UNIC publishes "101 Standards Translated" Correspondance between Italian and international standards in 6 languages The 74-page publication aims at offering businesses concrete help about the correspondence between different international and national tes...

ASOAC - COTANCE Position Statement - June 2006 (Original French – unofficial translation) Regarding taxes and restrictions to exports of raw hides and skins, and wet-blue, as well as customs duties on leather imports The Leather industries of Europe an...

COTANCE Position Statement on the WTO trade round (DDA)COTANCE Council meeting - Bologna, 20 April 2006 Meeting in Bologna for the COTANCE Spring Council, the representatives of Italy (UNIC), Spain (CEC-FECUR), Germany (VDL), France (FFTM), Sweden (SG), Un...

COTANCE Submission regarding the EU Origin Marking initiative COTANCE pleads for an EC Origin Marking Regulation applying to the leather value chain that is linked to a compulsory EU composition-labelling Scheme for all consumer articles made typically of ...