Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (CCMI)

Originating from the European Coal and Steel Community, the Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (known by its French acronym of CCMI, Commission consultative des mutations industrielles) is a unique body within in the EESC. It is the oldest EU body devoted exclusively to analysing and anticipating the future of industry. Foresight and preparedness are part of its DNA.

The CCMI is made up of 51 EESC members and 51 external delegates. The latter are appointed by the EESC from organisations representing the various economic and social sectors, as well as civil society organisations concerned by industrial change. The CCMI president is an EESC member and the co-president a delegate.

In accordance with its origin, CCMI continues to focus on critical raw materials and on resource intensive industries. Its core mission is to address EU sectoral industrial policies, e.g., to monitor industrial transformation across all sectors and to provide guidance on how to respond to emerging global challenges.

In doing so, the CCMI provides recommendations on how to best implement horizontal industrial policy in different sectors, thereby contributing to the clean and digital transitions (including their circular dimension), strengthening EU strategic autonomy and addressing the human and social dimension, including skills.

Given its expertise and long-standing mandate, the CCMI is uniquely positioned to deliver concrete recommendations aimed at reinforcing Europe’s industrial competitiveness and strategic preparedness, while upholding the values of the EU’s economic and social model.

Recent opinions of the CCMI address for instance the defence sector, the health sector, the chemical sector and the automotive industry.

The CCMI is also in charge of coordinating the EU Blue Deal flagship initiative on water within the EESC, including its industrial and technological dimensions.

Similarly to the sections of the EESC, the CCMI can express its views through mandatory opinions under the terms of the Treaty, through optional and exploratory opinions at the request of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, as well as though own-initiative opinions, information reports and by organising conferences and hearings. In addition, the CCMI can also adopt supplementary opinions, adding a sectoral perspective to the EESC's main opinions on any given topic.

The CCMI maintains a close working relationship with the other EU institutions and agencies and with a wide range of stakeholder organisations. The CCMI has an observer role in the European Raw Materials Alliance (ERMA) and in the European Critical Medicines Alliance (ECMA).