Structure
General Assembly Board EUROBAT Committees
General Assembly
The General Assembly is the main decision body of EUROBAT and meets once per year alongside the EUROBAT Forum. All members (Regular and Associate) may attend the General Assembly. However, only Regular members have full voting rights. Associate members may table motions, but may only vote on the determination of Associate members’ yearly contributions.
The General Assembly decides on all matters concerning the internal organization of the Association, financial obligations of the Members towards the Association and the incurred liabilities towards third parties, which are not delegated to other organs.
In particular, the General Assembly may take decisions relating to:
- amending the Articles of Association,
- electing, removing and discharging the Board as a body or the individual members thereof,
- establishing by-laws for the election and composition and of the Board and the Committees,
- electing the Secretariat,
- approving the annual accounts as well as budget,
- admitting and excluding Members, and
- dissolving the Association.
Board
The Board is responsible for implementing the resolutions of the General Assembly and managing the business of EUROBAT. The Board’s members are elected by the General Assembly for a period of 2 years.
EUROBAT’s current Board is:
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Ray Kubis, EnerSys EMEA, EH Europe GmbH; Chairman
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Andreas Bawart, Banner GmbH; Vice-Chairman
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John Searle, SAFT; Vice-Chairman
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Michael Ostermann, Exide Technologies
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Federico Vitali, FAAM S.p.A
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Nicola Cosciani, FIAMM SpA
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Marc Zoellner, Hoppecke Batterien GmbH & Co KG
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Johann-Friedrich Dempwolff, Johnson Controls Power Solutions Europe
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Meir Arnon, Vulcan Automotive Industries
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Charles-Louis Ackermann, Accumalux S.A |
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Marcus Ulrich, Entek International
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EUROBAT Committees
Four committees provide a platform for the majority of EUROBAT's activities and are formed according to the needs and the objectives of the Association. The committees are divided into two service groups and two product-related sectors. In addition to this, EUROBAT maintains a number of Task forces on specific issues.
Committee for Environmental Matters
The Committee for Environmental Matters ensures that our industry operates to the highest standards of environmental legislation, safeguarding the interest of those who work in the industry as well as its consumers. The committee achieves this by monitoring EU legislation in the fields of safety and the environment and regularly issues guidance to members on a number of topics to ensure that the industry operates in accordance with these rules. It also engages with European decision-makers to provide them with the information they require on the battery industry to ensure better policy making.
Chairman – Karsten Kurz
Automotive Batteries Committee
The Committee for Automotive Batteries handles all kinds of automotive application issues. Europe’s major automotive market is the Starting, Lighting and Ignition battery (SLI-battery). The ABC deals with statistics, standardisation issues and on expanding marketing initiatives to develop new demand for automotive batteries. The committee has set up two Task Forces:
ABC TF1 on Start-Stop Micro Hybrid Battery Labelling
This Task Force covers the issue of warning labelling and investigates the minimum technical requirements for Start-Stop micro hybrid battery labelling.
ABC TF2 on Mild, Full and HEV/EV batteries
This Task Force covers HEV/EV statistics and EU strategic monitoring in relation to legislation, standardisation activities, deployment activities and RTD support schemes.
ABC Chair – Johann-Friedrich Dempwolff, Johnson Controls Power Solutions Europe
Industrial Batteries Committee
The Committee for Industrial Batteries monitors activities in relation to motive and stand-by battery markets. The IBC is elaborating accurate statistical information for Europe, Middle-East and Africa to identify markets and trends. The committee deals also with European and worldwide standardisation and the pre-standardisation phase. To define and promote new market opportunities in relation to renewable energy integration, the IBC set up a Task Force on Renewable Energy Storage.
IBC Task Force on Renewable Energy Storage.
This Task Force is looking deeper into market opportunities resulting from increased renewable energy supply and the integration in off-grid, mini-grid and grid connected configurations in order to raise the level of understanding and increase the awareness of the role and benefits of Battery Energy Storage for end-users (households and industry), RES industry, Grid industry and their contribution to meeting the objectives of sustainable energy policy.
IBC Chair – Paul Scholten, Exide Technologies
Communications Task Force
The Communications Task Force is responsible for ensuring that EUROBAT’s positions are communicated to the public and media through its website, newsletters and the EUROBAT Forum, an annual meeting of members to address Battery Industry issues which occurs alongside the General Assembly.