Electric.ie July/August 2021

ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 59 Industry News LightingEurope calls on the EU to maintain the level of ambition set by MEP’s draft DSA report T he Digital Services Act (DSA) is the EU’s opportunity to upgrade our rules for eCommerce and make them fit for today’s reality. The eCommerce Directive was drafted 20 years ago, today ecommerce represents a substantial market which has grown even more with the current pandemic. “The expectation of Europe’s lighting industry is that the EU finally addresses the unchecked availability of non- compliant products online and clearly allocates liability to an economic operator within the EU jurisdiction. We very much welcome MEP Schaldemose’s proposals to finally close this legal gap, which the European Lighting News Commission’s draft text did not address” , says Ourania Georgoutsakou, Secretary General of LightingEurope. “Products available online must apply with all EU rules. We must allocate lability not just for product safety, but for all product requirements, e.g. when a product does not satisfy ecodesign or energy labelling rules, or does not contribute to waste recovery and recycling fees. The EU legal framework must prevent the listing and/ or re-listing of non-compliant products and making them available to EU customers,” she added. LightingEurope calls on Members of the European Parliament and the Council to maintain this level of ambition throughout the negotiation process. LightingEurope will continue to assess the proposed amendments to the DSA and places its technical expertise at the disposal of EU institutions to help shape these new measures and create a fair and effective regulatory and business environment. The Lighting Association Ireland are members of Lighting Europe. The Irish representatives are Gearoid Mc Kenna and Gay Byrne. A Fast Track to an Engineering Degree for Qualified Electricians Limerick Institute of Technology (Coordinating Provider) Website: apprenticeship.lit.ie For further information - Seán Conway, Section Head New Generation Apprenticeships, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Limerick Institute of Technology, Moylish Park, Co Limerick. Email: Sean.Conway@lit.ie Mobile: +353 (085)7302842 Phone: 061-293318-Of ce: 3B07 Technological University Dublin (Tallaght Campus) For further information – course speci c. Mr. James Kearney, Technological University Dublin - Tallaght. Email: James.Kearney@tudublin.ie Mobile: 0876148378 For queries on the application process please contact LLL@tudublin.ie or Phone 01-4042101 om blin C ompanies are crying out for trade qualified engineers throughout Ireland. The Limerick Institute of Technology and TUD in Dublin are offering a degree level apprenticeship designed to upskill quali ed electricians to enable them to qualify as Electrical Engineers in just two years while working. Vincent Cunnane, the president of LIT says "We want to see people learning when earning. This is a model which we believe will succeed and one that can be applied in other sectors. This apprenticeship is at the forefront of how learning is changing in Ireland" To learn more about the apprenticeship programme in either LIT or TUD