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Register now for the new Strategic Professional exams with ACCA

ACCA
September 2018 will see the first sitting for two new exams from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) - Strategic Business Leader and Strategic Business Reporting.
 

Parliament votes to end geo-blocking of online goods and services in EU

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The European Parliament today voted to end geo-blocking of online goods and services in the EU. The vote means that websites and online retailers will not be able to block people accessing or purchasing from their website just because they are in another EU state.
 
S&D Group vice-president responsible for the digital union, Josef Weidenholzer MEP, said:
 

At the S&D’s request, the European Parliament creates a special committee to scrutinise the Monsanto scandal

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Today the plenary of the European Parliament in Strasbourg backed the creation of a special committee to find out whether the multinational producing glyphosate - an active ingredient in broadly used pesticides - tried to influence independent scientific research and therefore EU legislation. The mandate, however, will be broader in order to analyse the system by which pesticides are approved into the European market.
 
S&D vice-president for sustainability Kathleen Van Brempt said:
 

S&Ds back deal with the Council to fine-tune the ETS market of allowances

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Socialists and Democrats have strongly advocated for the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) as the flagship of Europe’s fight against climate change and as a crucial tool to help EU industry to adapt to a zero-carbon economy. 
 

Kathleen Van Brempt on the Monkeygate: It is time for the Commission to act and show car makers that they are not untouchable

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
At the request of the Socialists and Democrats, the European Parliament will discuss tonight the manipulation of scientific research by multinationals in the wake of the emission tests on monkeys and humans by German car makers.
 
S&D vice-president for sustainability Kathleen Van Brempt, who was also the chair of the parliamentary inquiry committee into emission measurements in the automotive sector (EMIS), said:
 

Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation, say S&Ds

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
 
Speaking ahead of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, 6 February, on which the European Parliament has tabled an oral question to the European Commission requesting a progress report on the issue, Iratxe García Pérez, S&D MEP and spokesperson on women’s issues said:
 
“Every day, 6000 girls fall victim to the horrible practice of genital mutilation with nearly a quarter of them under the age of 14. This barbarian practice is known to cause lifelong physical and psychological pain. 

Gas Storage Europe (GSE) members re-elect Lubor Veleba as their President

GIE - Gas Infrastructure Europe

The Plenary of Gas Storage Europe (GSE) re-elected Lubor Veleba as GSE President for a second term of two years. Lubor Veleba has been member of the GSE ExCom since 2005 and GIE Board member from 2011.

In addition, GSE Plenary re-elected GSE ExCom members: Cécile Prévieu (Storengy, France), René Zwanepol (TAQA, The Netherlands) and László Fritsch (Hungarian Gas Storage, Hungary).

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