"In spite of strong opposition from some industrial lobby groups, MEPs have backed a positive and sustainable proposal on indirect land use change (ILUC) to biofuel production and the promotion of using energy from renewable sources," GUE/NGL MEP Sabine Wils said after today's vote in the European Parliament's Environment committee.

European household appliance manufacturers, represented by CECED1, welcome the Commission’s consultation and Green Paper on the 2030 Framework for Climate and Energy Policy.

This Green Paper offers an opportunity to continue and strengthen the current EU Climate and Energy policy framework and provides the EU industry with the rights signals and incentives to invest and enhance competitiveness in a global environment.
 

Europe’s banks welcome the announcement today by the European Commission, of a Single Resolution Mechanism as a complement to the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) within the project of the Banking Union.

Today the European Commission adopts a new proposed €3.8 billion Public Private Partnership for Biobased industries in Europe, aimed at ensuring smart, sustainable and inclusive economic growth, and at enabling Europe to become a world-leading Innovation Union . The proposal comes as part of an innovation investment package of new Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs) under Horizon 2020.

CEN (European Committee for Standardization) and CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) have signed a collaboration agreement with ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security). The three organisations have committed themselves to working together during the coming years on a range of issues related to cybersecurity and standardization.