1980/1998
Europe and globalisation
Created in 1986, the Europe of Twelve acquired its own parliament in 1989, the
1992 Maastricht Treaty subsequently confirming its status and setting course
for the launch of the single currency in January 1999, against which the
national currencies of the euro zone have a fixed exchange rate.
The Integrated Systems Digital Network (ISDN), permitting the integration of
telecommunications and computer systems, permitted the introduction of
multimedia systems and Internet access.
A genuine revolution, the INTERNET, a global information exchange system,
became the leading channel for electronic commerce.
Some key dates
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1981
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First space shuttle flight
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The Paris-Lyons high-speed train (TGV)
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Computer-aided design and manufacture
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1982
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Implant of an artificial heart in man.
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1984
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European elections
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1986
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Europe of Twelve
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Discovery of high temperature supraconductivity
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Five space probes fly over Halley's Comet.
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1987
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Video Compact Disc
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1988
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ISDN. Integrated Services Digital Network.
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1989
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Voyager 2 probe flies over Neptune
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European elections to the European Parliament
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1990
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Hubble space telescope launched into orbit.
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1992
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European cellular radio telephone. GSM.
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Chip photography
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Interactive compact disc
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Photo compact disc
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Maastricht Treaty confirming the birth of Europe
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1995
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The warmest year of the century
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Rapid spread of the INTERNET
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1997
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The EURO finally adopted.
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CEBEC.
The anniversary and the future.
At the same time as generating an understandable sense of pride, the successful
record of 75 years of certification provides the CEBEC team with unique
experience with which to face the 3rd millennium and master the products based
on new energies or incorporating increasingly sophisticated technologies.
Service. CEBEC's commitment.
All members of the CEBEC team have signed the charter reproduced here which
guarantees companies a perfect quality of service, expressed in the following
terms :
Aims of CEBEC.
CEBEC seeks to verify, inspect, assess and certify products, specifically in the
framework of its competencies in the field of electrical safety and
functionality for material for installation, household electrical appliances,
electromagnetic compatibility, information technology, alarm systems, medical
and lighting equipment.
CEBEC seeks to verify, evaluate and certify systems in various sectors in terms
of quality, environmental effects and safety.
CEBEC seeks, wherever possible, to combine its activities within a one-stop
service in order to provide a concept of total service which guarantees
efficiency.
CEBEC seeks to award its mark of guarantee and issue internationally recognised
certificates for the above-mentioned activities.
CEBEC seeks to operate as an authorised and officially recognised body.
CEBEC seeks to support the notoriety of the CEBEC label among the general public.
CEBEC seeks to make a major contribution to achieving a crucial feeling of safety
when using products bearing the CEBEC quality label (thereby also winning
consumer confidence).
CEBEC will initiate new activities to continue to meet the needs of existing and
potential customers.
CEBEC seeks to pursue its activities, principally in Belgium, France and
Luxembourg.
CEBEC attaches priority importance to a satisfied personnel, which it sees as one
of the foundations of the organisation's continued operation.
... Some famous names...
GEVAERT Lieven (1868-1935).
Chemist. Founder of the Gevaert company and pioneer of the photographic
industry.
DANCO Emile (1869-1898).
Physicist. Lent his name to the stretch of land to the east of the Gerlache
Straits (Danco Coast).
BORDET Jules (1870-1961).
Biologist. Scholar of worldwide renown. Leading Belgian scientist. Nobel prize
for medicine and physiology, 1919.
DE DONDER Théophile (1872-1957).
Mathematician and physicist. Generalised the notion of integral variants.
Renowned research on wave mechanics, thermodynamics and affinity which provided
basis for mathematical chemistry.
MERLIN Emile (1876-1938).
Mathematician. Physicist. Astronomer. Mainly interested in figures of
equilibrium of fluid masses in rotation, planetary disturbances and solar
physics.
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