PORTUGAL ;
FORENINGEN SVENSKA VERKTYGMASKINTILLVERKARE , STOCKHOLM , SWEDEN .
2 . MOST MACHINE TOOL MANUFACTURERS BELONG TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES . THE ASSOCIATIONS MUST INFORM CECIMO OF THEIR RULES ON ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP ; CECIMO MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN EXCLUSIVELY TO MANUFACTURERS OF MACHINE TOOLS FOR THE WORKING OF METAL .
3 . DECISIONS ON ACCEPTANCE OR REFUSAL OF NEW CECIMO MEMBERS ARE TAKEN BY A CENTRAL COMMITTEE .
4 . CECIMO ' S AIMS , LAID DOWN WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED , MAY BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS :
( I ) JOINT STUDIES ON SYSTEMS AND STEPS TO BE TAKEN WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOPING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MACHINE TOOL INVESTMENT IN ALL MEMBER COUNTRIES ;
( II ) CREATING THE FACILITIES REQUIRED TO MAKE SUCH STUDIES WELL KNOWN ;
( III ) JOINT ORGANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE EVENTS , THE MOST IMPORTANT BEING THE EXHIBITION , SO THAT EACH MANUFACTURER ' S EFFORTS CAN BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND LESS BURDENSOME ;
( IV ) IN CONJUNCTION WITH NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS , STREAMLINING THE ORGANIZATION OF FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS IN EACH COUNTRY SO THAT , IF POSSIBLE , THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE SUCH EVENT TO PROVIDE A SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON MACHINE TOOLS FOR NATIONAL CUSTOMERS .
5 . BOTH THE 1962 NOTIFICATION BY CECIMO AND THE APPLICATIONS FOR RENEWAL OF THE EXEMPTION GIVEN UNDER ARTICLE 85 ( 3 ) BY THE COMMISSION DECISION OF 13 MARCH 1969 CONCERN ( III ) AND ( IV ).
6 . UP TO 1971 , CECIMO HAS SPONSORED 12 EUROPEAN MACHINE TOOL EXHIBITIONS ( EEMOS ). THAT YEAR CECIMO DECIDED TO UPGRADE ITS HITHERTO EUROPEAN EXHIBITIONS , MAKING THEM COMPLETELY INTERNATIONAL BY OPENING THEM UP TO MANUFACTURERS OF MACHINE TOOLS AND ALLIED EQUIPMENT EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD . THE INITIALS OF THE EXHIBITIONS WERE CONSEQUENTLY CHANGED TO EMO ( EXPOSITION DE LA MACHINE-OUTIL ). THE SAME INITIALS ARE USED WHATEVER THE LANGUAGE OF THE COUNTRY ORGANIZING THE EXHIBITION .
7 . THE RULES GOVERNING EMOS ARE BASICALLY AS FOLLOWS :
( A ) EMOS ARE ORGANIZED BY CECIMO EVERY OTHER YEAR IN PARIS , HANOVER AND MILAN IN ROTATION AND THE PHYSICAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE ENTRUSTED TO THE MEMBER ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHED IN THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THE EXHIBITION IS BEING HELD ;
( B ) THE EQUIPMENT DISPLAYED AT EMOS CONSISTS OF MACHINE TOOLS FOR METAL-WORKING , CURRENTLY DEFINED BY CECIMO AS FOLLOWS :
' A METAL-WORKING MACHINE TOOL IS A POWER-DRIVEN MACHINE , NOT PORTABLE BY HAND , POWERED BY AN EXTERNAL SOURCE OF ENERGY , DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE WORKING OF METAL EITHER BY CUTTING , FORMING , PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROCESSING OR A COMBINATION OF THESE TECHNIQUES . '
THIS DEFINITION DOES NOT COVER :
- BENCH GRINDERS AND POLISHERS ,
- WATCHMAKERS ' LATHES , DIAMETER NOT EXCEEDING 100 MM ,
- MACHINE TOOLS WHICH ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR DESIGN ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR METAL WORKING ,
- MACHINE TOOLS OPERATED BY HAND OR FOOT ,
- ALL