[2] The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) is the representative organisation of European lawyers through its member bars and law societies from 31 full member countries, and 11 further associate and observer countries.
[3] Activities include a committee on Deontology[4] and a working group on Professional Indemnity Insurance.
The ECCE formulates standards for a European Code of Conduct of the Civil Engineering Profession and disciplinary procedures applicable throughout the Union.
[6] Other activities include the preparation of a review of the civil engineering profession in Europe, covering, e.g., demand for liability insurance.
[9] In the United Kingdom, where a professional body is a public body within the meaning of the Human Rights Act 1998 (such as is the case with medicine, the legal profession, and financial services), its professional conduct machinery must conform to the European Convention on Human Rights.