https://fep-fee.eu/ FEP is the voice of publishers in Europe. We are an independent, non-commercial umbrella association representing 31 national associations of book publishers in Europe. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://fep-fee.eu/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH50/siteon0-8f547.png?1787758663 https://fep-fee.eu/ 50 144 https://fep-fee.eu/Timeline-18 https://fep-fee.eu/Timeline-18 2012-05-01T17:00:24Z text/html en Sébastien <p>The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) first saw the light of day - under a different name - on 19th January 1967. <br class='autobr' /> 1958 First consideration about monitoring European matters. <br class='autobr' /> 1967 GELC (Groupement des éditeurs de livres de la Communauté) founded by Belgian, French, Italian, Dutch and German Publishers Associations. <br class='autobr' /> 1973 British, Danish and Irish Publishers Associations join GELC as their countries become member of the European Community. <br class='autobr' /> 1981 Greek Publishers Association joins (…)</p> - <a href="https://fep-fee.eu/-Timeline-" rel="directory">Timeline</a> <div class='rss_texte'><p>The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) first saw the light of day - under a different name - on <strong>19th January 1967</strong>.</p> <p><strong>1958</strong><br class='autobr' /> First consideration about monitoring European matters.</p> <p><strong>1967</strong><br class='autobr' /> GELC<br class='autobr' /> (Groupement des éditeurs de livres de la Communauté) founded by Belgian, French, Italian, Dutch and German Publishers Associations.</p> <p><strong>1973</strong><br class='autobr' /> British, Danish and Irish Publishers Associations join GELC as their countries become member of the European Community.</p> <p><strong>1981</strong><br class='autobr' /> Greek Publishers Association joins GELC as its country becomes member of the European Community.</p> <p><strong>1984</strong><br class='autobr' /> GELC secretariat is reorganised to give it a permanent representative with EC officials and directorate generals.</p> <p><strong>1986</strong><br class='autobr' /> Spanish and Portuguese Publishers Associations join GELC as their countries gain membership of the European Community.</p> <p><strong>1990-1992:</strong> President Alain Gründ</p> <p><strong>1992-1994:</strong> President Pere Vicens</p> <p><strong>1990</strong><br class='autobr' /> The Federation of European Publishers (FEP)/ la Fédération des Editeurs Européens (FEE) becomes the umbrella organisation representing European book publishers associations, Luxembourg Publishers Association joins FEP.</p> <p><strong>1992</strong><br class='autobr' /> Austrian and Finnish Publishers Associations join FEP. The Norwegian association also adheres, even though a referendum rejects Norwegian EC membership.</p> <p><strong>1994-1996: </strong> President Volker Schwarz</p> <p><strong>1996-1998:</strong> President John Clement</p> <p><strong>1996</strong><br class='autobr' /> FEP drafts new statutes designed to ensure that candidates associations from Central and Eastern Europe could become members.</p> <p><strong>1997</strong><br class='autobr' /> FEP 30th anniversary</p> <p><strong>1998-2000:</strong> President Ulrico Carlo Hoepli</p> <p><strong>2000-2002:</strong> President Michael Gill</p> <p><strong>2002</strong><br class='autobr' /> Hungarian, Cypriot, Czech and Slovenian Publishers Associations join FEP</p> <p><strong>2002-2004:</strong> President Anton Hilscher</p> <p><strong>2003</strong><br class='autobr' /> Lithuanian Publishers Association joins FEP</p> <p><strong>2004</strong><br class='autobr' /> Polish, Estonian and Icelandic Publishers Associations join FEP</p> <p><strong>2004-2006:</strong> President Arne Bach</p> <p><strong>2006-2008:</strong> President Jonas Modig</p> <p><strong>2006</strong><br class='autobr' /> Bulgarian Publishers Association joins FEP</p> <p><strong>2007</strong><br class='autobr' /> FEP 40th anniversary</p> <p><strong>2008-2010:</strong> President Federico Motta</p> <p><strong>2010-2012:</strong> President Fergal Tobin</p> <p><strong>2011</strong><br class='autobr' /> Romanian Publishers Association joins FEP</p> <p><strong>2012-2014:</strong> President Piotr Marciszuk</p> <p><strong>2013</strong><br class='autobr' /> Serbian Publishers & Booksellers Association joins FEP</p> <p><strong>2014-2016:</strong> President Pierre Dutilleul</p> <p><strong>2014</strong><br class='autobr' /> Latvian Publishers Association joins FEP</p> <p><strong>2016-2018:</strong> President Henrique Mota</p> <p><strong>2017</strong><br class='autobr' /> FEP 50th anniversary</p> <p><strong>2018-2020</strong>: President Rudy Vanschoonbeek</p> <p><strong>2020-2022</strong>: President Peter Kraus vom Cleff</p> <p><strong>2022 - 2024</strong>: President Ricardo Franco Levi</p> <p><strong>2024</strong><br class='autobr' /> Montenegrin Publishers Association joins FEP</p> <p><strong>2024 - ongoing</strong> President Sonia Draga</p> <p><strong>2025</strong><br class='autobr' /> Cypriot Publishers Association joins FEP</p></div>