BIR to Revise Statutes and By-Laws

The Bureau of International Recycling, Brussels, will convene a new general assembly Monday, Oct. 25, 2010, at the association’s Autumn Round-Table Sessions. The event will take place Oct. 25-26 at the Sheraton Brussels Hotel & Towers in Brussels.

According to the BIR’s website, www.bir.org, the primary agenda item for the general assembly is the adoption of the organization’s revised statutes and by-laws, which were tabled in Istanbul June 1 because the required quorum was not met.

“A letter and the official documents were sent by e-mail to all BIR effective members on 26 July, 2010, in accordance with the current BIR statutes,” the group notes on its website.

This information is available in the Members’ area of the BIR website.

BIR also notes on its site, “With the professional assistance of the law firm Bird & Bird LLP, BIR has revised its current statutes and by-laws to achieve better governance and to address important issues resulting from the continuous development and globalization of our world organization. Among the topics which have been considered in the revised BIR rules are: respect of competition law and anti-trust rules; data protection; conformity with the new tax legislation, in particular VAT; need for a prompt and efficient decision-making process within the organization; incorporation of a best practice among international trade associations; commercial disputes between member companies, etc.”

BIR bills istelf as the international trade association of the recycling industries and seeks to promote recycling and recyclability, thereby conserving natural resources, protecting the environment and facilitating free trade of secondary raw materials.