Construction 2020 Action

In 2012, the European Commission proposed an action plan, called “Construction 2020”, to meet construction sector challenges today through 2020. UIPI has been active in this Forum to represent and voice the interests of property owners. On 6 March 2017, UIPI took part in the 5th High-level tripartite Strategic Construction 2020 Forum, focusing…

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VAT Consultations answered

The European Commission conducted a public consultation on the reform of VAT rates. In the framework of the European Commission’s Action Plan on VAT – Towards a single EU VAT and its Work Programme for 2017, the Commission aims to adopt four proposals related to VAT, examining and potentially reforming aspects of the current VAT regime.…

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European-wide “Smart Homes” Survey

In the light of the upcoming Congress in Berlin on the topic “Smart Home”, UIPI is currently conducting a European-wide survey among owner-occupiers, landlords and tenants on smart devices. The deadline for taking part in this survey is 28 May 2017. The survey is available in: English: UIPI BERLIN CONGRESS…

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Breakfast Debate in the European Parliament – Reconciling Energy Efficiency and Housing Affordability

[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”26″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow” gallery_width=”600″ gallery_height=”400″ cycle_effect=”fade” cycle_interval=”3″ show_thumbnail_link=”0″ thumbnail_link_text=”[Show thumbnails]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] On 30 May 2017, UIPI together with four other pan-European associations representing a large part of the private housing and real estate sector in Europe co-organised a Parliamentary Breakfast on “Reconciling energy efficiency and housing affordability” to…

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