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Nuclear stress tests Energy commissioner Oettinger must ensure stress tests are not a meaningless fig leaf

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

 

Tomorrow, a meeting of nuclear safety regulators from all EU member states (ENSReg) will decide on the criteria for the planned EU nuclear stress tests. The Greens last week expressed concern (1) about draft criteria proposed by regulators from member states with nuclear energy (WENRA) and are urging EU energy commissioner Oettinger to ensure that any EU nuclear stress tests apply the strictest criteria (2). Ahead of the ENSReg meeting, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said:

EU foreign policy Ashton failing to grasp her job

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

 

The European Parliament today debated EU foreign policy with the EU's high representative for foreign policy Cathy Ashton. The Greens have criticised the repeated failure of the EU to agree coherent, common positions on crucial foreign policy issues and the failure of the high representative to be more proactive in forging common positions. After the debate Green MEP and foreign policy spokesperson Franziska Brantner said:

 

SEPA Direct Debits will only be a success with interchange

ESBG - European Savings Bank Group

ESBG objects to the European Commission’s proposal to ban interchange fees for direct debit transactions in the migration to SEPA. Without interchange fees, debtor banks (who process the direct debits in favour of the creditors) would provide a service without being able to obtain remuneration neither from creditor banks, nor from debtors (the customers making payments to their creditors).
 
 

Radio Spectrum: Liberating radio frequencies for mobile broadband crucial for European competitiveness. Gunnar Hökmark MEP

EPP Group in the European Parliament

"This is a big step towards the fulfilment of the Single Market and in the creation of a European dynamic economy with the fastest and most qualitative capacity for mobile broadband and new services" - Gunnar Hökmark MEP

 

Commission censured for lethargy on fisheries crisis

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Putting forward proposals to tackle the ongoing crisis in the fisheries sector that has been exacerbated by a recent sharp increase in fuel prices, GUE/NGL MEP João Ferreira told fisheries Commissioner Damanaki that one "cannot cure a disease by killing the patient," criticised the Commission for doing nothing, and warned of the eradication of the whole sector in Europe.

 

Credible and complete Scope 3 GHG accounting and reporting is needed to drive innovation in the low carbon economy, says global report from ACCA

ACCA

The measurement and reporting of Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions needs to be much more comprehensive and prevalent says ACCA, (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) today in a report called The Carbon We’re Not Counting: Accounting for Scope 3 carbon emissions.

New betting campaign to educate 8,500 athletes

EGBA - European Gaming and Betting Association

Brussels, London 9 May 2011: The two major European gambling trade associations, the RGA and EGBA, the European Sports Security Association, along with their partners in the European player associations, EU Athletes and the PPF, have agreed to link their betting education programmes under a single code of conduct. This campaign, which started last year, will span 6 European sporting nations, 4 of the largest EU Member States (UK, Germany, France and Spain), 7 sports and target 8,500 athletes.

Coalition’s big impact on tax system after one year in charge Significant changes but government struggling to simplify tax system

ACCA

The Government has made a major impact on the UK’s tax system in its first year in charge announcing close to 200 amendments or additions, says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).

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