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Consumers’ wish for Santa: Safer toys for Europe’s kids

ANEC - The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation

Just as every year, Christmas approaches and family and friends rush to the shops to buy toys for the children. Often spoiling the festive mood is the doubt in the minds of many consumers as to the safety of the toys they buy. ANEC and BEUC warn that the entry into force of the revised Toy Safety Directive earlier this year should not camouflage worrying flaws in the safety of toys sold in Europe.

Inadequate market surveillance

EPP Group Study Days in Marseilles: Euro and Arab Spring on the agenda

EPP Group in the European Parliament

The future of the Euro, economic governance and possibilities of Treaty changes will be at the centre of discussions at the Study Days that the EPP Group in the European Parliament, the most influential political grouping in the European Parliament, will hold in Marseilles (France) on Wednesday 7 December and Thursday 8 December, on the eve of a crucial Summit for the future of the Eurozone.

Local production to improve access to medicines, vaccines and diagnostics

WHO

Brussels -- Producing quality medicines, vaccines and diagnostic tests locally is one way low and middle-income countries can improve people's access to them, as is highlighted in a series of new reports released by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Brussels today.

Study shows significant impact from gender ban for insurance consumers

CEA - Insurers of Europe
European Court of Justice ruling would have negative effect on insurance pricing
 
Brussels, 7 December 2011: The CEA, the European insurance and reinsurance federation, has today unveiled a study, commissioned by the German insurance association, the GDV, quantifying the economic impact on European consumers of prohibiting insurers from using gender in the calculation of premiums and benefits.
 

Presidents Barroso, Buzek & Van Rompuy meet with EDF: the first State of the Union on Disability

EDF - European Disability Forum

6th December 2011 /// Today, the first State of the Union on Disability was organised in Brussels. This historic meeting hosted by President José Manuel Barroso gathered Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament, Herman Van Rompuy President of the European Council, and Yannis Vardakastanis President of the European Disability Forum: the representative organisation of disabled people in Europe. Together, they discussed how to improve the lives of 80 million Europeans with disabilities and to guaranty their rights and freedom of movement.

Motorbikes, mopeds and scooters: towards greener and safer motorcycles in Europe. Wim van de Camp MEP

EPP Group in the European Parliament

"From today, riding a motorbike has become greener and safer", said EPP Group Rapporteur Wim van de Camp MEP, after the vote on his Report 'Approval and market surveillance of two, three and four-wheel vehicles (L-category)' yesterday in the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee of the European Parliament. The Report indicates the conditions that the motorcycle industry has to take into account to market their products on and off-road.

Food industry calls for a stronger Europe, and a strong Single Market, to boost its competitiveness

FoodDrinkEurope

FoodDrinkEurope today launched its Competitiveness Report 2011, calling on policymakers in the EU to adopt a stronger stance on safeguarding its biggest asset -the Internal Market- in order to restore economic confidence in the Union and demonstrate the benefits of EU membership more concretely to its citizens.

FoodDrinkEurope position on additional, discriminatory taxation on food & drinks

FoodDrinkEurope

Europe’s food and drink industry caters for increasingly evolving consumer demands by offering a wide range of nutritious, safe and enjoyable products in the context of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle. The industry is also a highly significant contributor to national economies as a driver of growth and employment, generating 8% of EU GDP. 

Working on smartphone revolution: soon to be accessible to all?

EDF - European Disability Forum

6 December 2011 /// The European Disability Forum, AGE Platform Europe and Vodafone has announced the winners of the inaugural Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards at a ceremony attended by the European Commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes and Vodafone Group Chief Executive Vittorio Colao. Working on the martphone revolution

Franco-German meeting - Déja-vu, as Merkozy deal again fails to provide answers on core issues facing Eurozone

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

Commenting on the outcome of the meeting between German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Sarkozy today, Green co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit said:

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