SECIMAVI is a member of FICIME, the Federation of International Enterprises in Mechanics and Electronics. 
Thanks to this affiliation, our members benefit from a significant number of services provided by FICIME to all its partner trade-associations. The experts and specialists of FICIME address our members' questions and concerns, by telephone, e-mail or by appointment, in a logic of proximity and day-to-day support.

Social Legislation 
& Training
A team of specialists in social legislation, collective bargaining, payroll and professional training answer the questions of our members on:

  1. Employment contracts and payroll (salary settlements, fringe benefits and business expenses, payroll (legal information and/or verification of payroll), employment contracts)
  2. Collective negotiations: import-export, wholesale, metallurgy and Syntec (transmission of texts ahead of negotiations, transmission of agreements, transmission of explanatory guides)
  3. Writing and/or validation of new legal obligations (ex: emplyment of seniors, management of stress, painful working conditions, equality between women and men, ...)

FICIME Conseil is an approved training institution and organizes all year round numerous trainings for its members in their specific fields of interest: environment, customs, labor law, human ressources management, sales, payroll, legal, fiscal, technical and safety issues.
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Business Law
A team of legal experts -specialized in competition, tax and business laws- informs our members on subjects such as general conditions of sale, invoicing rules, distribution contracts, intra-community VAT, dismissal procedures, and numerous other subjects.

  • General conditions of sale
  • Invoicing rules
  • Distribution contracts (exclusive, selective, franchise, abusive clauses, warranties and ASS, internet)
  • Payment deadlines
  • Product warranty (hidden defects, legal warranty, commercial guarantee, ...)
  • VAT (intra-community, on invoice, ...)
  • Administration controls (tax audits and controls, controls of the General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control [DGCCRF], ...) 

Environment
The Environmental Service is a privileged partner of the Ministry of Environment and informs you about the evolution of the French and European regulations: DEEE2, RoHS and REACH directives, recycling of consumer and professional electric and electronics goods and French energy and environmental labeling of consumer products.:
  • WEEE 2 Directive
  • RoHS Directive
  • REACH Directive
  • Eco-design of products
  • Disposal of spent batteries and accumulators
  • Environmental labelling of products.





Technical and Security Service
The Technical and Security Service informs our members about the main technical rules and regulations impacting our industry, for example energy labelling of TVs; compulsory mentions on IBs, regulation of electromagnetic emissions, retreat of products from the market,... 

  • European Radio Equipment Directive - RED (2014-53 UE)
  • Energy labelling of consumer electronics products (TVs, washing-machines, dish-washers, refrigerators, ovens, extractor hoods, air conditioners)
  • Declarations of conformity
  • Placing of products on the market, withdrawal and recall of products

Our technical expert can also help the CEOs evaluate the security level of their premises and establish the related documents for the competent French security and hygiene authorities. 

Customs and International Trade
The Customs and International Trade Service assists our members with all import and export-related subjects, for instance custom exemptions, customs classifications, incoterms, etc.
  • Customs Classifications
  • Incoterms
  • Trade of Goods Declaration (DEB)
  • Intra-community VAT
  • Dual-use items
  • Import and export procedures
  • Follow-up of international agreements

In addition, our Customs and International Trade service offers diagnosis and follow-up of customs' disputes: action with the customs authorities in the case of blocking of products, pre-judicial or transactional assistance

Statistics
The Statistics service provides members with several targeted tools of analysis of their markets:
  • Bi-annual activity reports of consumer and professional electronics
  • Detailed statistics for specific market sectors (ex. car audio)
  • Customs statistics for monitoring of foreign trade data
  • Declarations of Trade in Goods (DEB)
  • Currency exchange rates