Eyewear Optics Committee

This committee is charged in particular with the following missions :

Definition and execution of technological projects in the spectacle trade (new materials and manufacturing processes).
Promotion of the French spectacle trade in France and abroad in the context of a global communication strategy through the organisation of group stands at international exhibitions (Germany, USA, Italy, Hong Kong etc.)
Follow up of the development of European directives and representation of the industry with regard to administrations responsible for the application of directive 89/686 on individual protection equipment ( in particular sun glasses ) and directive 93/42 on medical plans.

Commissions are charged with preparing, on behalf of the industry, propositions intended for development ( by the AFNOR ) of French norms on : lenses and surface coatings, optical frames and sun glasses.

Close contact with the unions and members of the EUROM is assured, in order to prepare work carried out by the international standardisation organisations : the CEN and the ISO.

The same steps apply in the area of individual eye protection