The European Union published today a Council Regulation imposing definitive antidumping duties against imports of ceramic tiles originating in China. The measures are due to enter into force on 16 September for a period of 5 years. These duties range from 26.3% to 36.5% for more than 100 Chinese companies which cooperated with the investigation and which represent the majority of Chinese exports to the EU. A residual duty of 69.7% applies to all other exporting Chinese companies.

ANEC nominations for MEP Awards
Who do we think has done most for consumers over the past 12 months?

ANEC is pleased to nominate jointly Christel Schaldemose and Edvard Kožušník for the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Award, in the 2011 MEP awards organised by the Parliament Magazine1.

ÉLAN-Afrique : une nouvelle offre francophone en matière d’enseignement bilingue pour mieux réussir à l’école.

La convention portant sur le déploiement d’ÉLAN-AFRIQUE « École et langues nationales en Afrique », une nouvelle offre francophone en matière d’enseignement bilingue, a été signée jeudi 8 septembre 2011 à Paris, au siège de l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF).

EUX.TV, the European policy news channel, marked its fifth anniversary this week in a setting of continued subscriber growth and with an overall upbeat outlook for online video in the EU policy arena.

CHICAGO, Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third consecutive year, the Carbon Disclosure Project recognized Boeing (NYSE: BA) as one of the world's leading companies in reporting climate-change risks and taking actions to improve environmental performance.

The Carbon Disclosure Project, an investor-funded nonprofit organization that produces the most comprehensive survey of global corporate carbon emissions, listed The Boeing Company in its 2011 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index.