The Commitees

In order to meet its objectives, the Association has set up several committees:

Commitee Chairman Objectives

EEC Regulatory Lobbying

Rod Lane
Fabris Lane Ltd - UK

Communication

Francesco Pellegrini

Intercast - Italy

to increase the awareness of ESA in order to reach all target groups(industry, retailers, endconsumers) with relevant information.

Scientific

Hervé Meillat Christian Dalloz Sunoptics - France

to work with scientists and health & biometeoroligic institutes in order to gain most recent information on UV.
develop information and training tools on UV-radiation and UV-protection to opticians and enconsumers.

Fashion

Allan Rasmussen
Pro Design - Denmark

fashion reports, interesting links, fashion presentation at ESA Yearly Conference.

Technical

Eric Boinard
Polaroid – Switzerland

to follow the technical development in order to update ESA members on the latest information on ISO, CEN and PPE Directive.
to protect the european sunglass industry and therefore work on proposals in the technical field.

Membership

Alexandre Asseraf Essilor International - France

to have the largest representation of the european sunglass business, both geographically and industrially
to guarantee to the ESA members a professionnal, reliable and fast information on all topics concerning the sunglass market in Europe.

Statistics

to get volume and price information regarding production, imports and exports of complete sunglasses and components in Europe.
yearly sunglass market study on qualitative and quantitative objectives –in cooperation with leading market research companies.

Training Petra Eckhardt Marketing Agentur - Germany

to support its member and all other interested persons with information and training material of the different aspects of sunglasses.
to develop national training courses to be offered to retailers in optical and non-optical field.

To get more information on the most actual committee work please do not hesitate to contact the ESA office

For ESA Members only: please see the latest minutes of the board/committee meetings in the internal member area to get updated on the committee projects.

Commitee	Chairman	Objectives

EEC Regulatory Lobbying	Rod Lane Fabris Lane Ltd - UK

Communication	*Francesco Pellegrini* Intercast - Italy	to increase the awareness of ESA in order to reach all target groups(industry, retailers, endconsumers) with relevant information.

Scientific	*Hervé Meillat* Christian Dalloz Sunoptics - France	to work with scientists and health & biometeoroligic institutes in order to gain most recent information on UV. develop information and training tools on UV-radiation and UV-protection to opticians and enconsumers.

Fashion	*Allan Rasmussen* Pro Design - Denmark	fashion reports, interesting links, fashion presentation at ESA Yearly Conference.

Technical	*Eric Boinard* Polaroid – Switzerland	to follow the technical development in order to update ESA members on the latest information on ISO, CEN and PPE Directive. to protect the european sunglass industry and therefore work on proposals in the technical field.

Membership	*Alexandre Asseraf* Essilor International - France	to have the largest representation of the european sunglass business, both geographically and industrially to guarantee to the ESA members a professionnal, reliable and fast information on all topics concerning the sunglass market in Europe.

Statistics		to get volume and price information regarding production, imports and exports of complete sunglasses and components in Europe. yearly sunglass market study on qualitative and quantitative objectives –in cooperation with leading market research companies.

Training	*Petra Eckhardt* Marketing Agentur - Germany	to support its member and all other interested persons with information and training material of the different aspects of sunglasses. to develop national training courses to be offered to retailers in optical and non-optical field.