CEPA revises corporate structure

CEPA Directors at the incorporation ceremony (from left to right): Francesco Saccone, Rainer Gsell, Brigitte Guillot, Frederic Verwilghen, Bertrand Montmoreau (Chairman of the Board of Directors), Simon Forrester, Martina Flynn, Daniel Lucien, Serge Simon, Alain van Lidth de Jeude and Roland Higgins.

In anticipation of the launch of a European standard for pest management services, CEPA’s Extra-Ordinary General Assembly, which took place in Brussels on 5 February 2013, voted unanimously to approve revised Statutes, clearing the path towards transforming the Confederation into a fully-fledged, Not-for-Profit organisation under Belgian law (ASBL).

Signing the incorporation papers were representatives from CEPA’s five biggest national associations (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) as well as Belgium and the Netherlands, CEPA’s original founders.

This represents a major step in the development process of the Confederation, signalling to all stakeholders that CEPA is ready to tackle the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead when the European Standard for Pest Management Services, currently under development in collaboration with CEN, the European Committee for Standardisation, will be launched next year.

The Confederation of European Pest Management Associations (CEPA) is based in Brussels and represents the European professional pest management industry. It unites and federates 20 national associations as well as associates from international pest management servicing companies, manufacturers and distributors.

For more information, contact Roland Higgins, Director General roland@cepa-europe.org

Published in International Pest Control – March/April 2013 issue.

Category: International Pest News