Brussels, 14 June 2013 - 'IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF SERVICES - The road ahead for European Standardization' is the theme of the 2nd European Standardization Summit, which takes place in Copenhagen (Denmark) on 19 June 2013. The Summit is organised by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC), and hosted by Danish Standards (DS), which is a member of both CEN and CENELEC.

Building on the success of the Faces of Brewing photo competition over the last two years, the third edition of the competition is now open for submissions. This year’s competition ‘Faces of Brewing 2013: Out for a beer’ aims to highlight the role that brewing, beer and pubs play in the local community.

More than 200 attendees from four continents and over 30 different countries contributed to a vibrant conference dialogue at LINQ 2013 carried out over May 16th and 17th. LINQ 2013 participants gathered at the global headquarters of the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in Rome, Italy to discuss the future of international learning innovations and quality.

Global Wind Day, celebrated annually on 15 June, enables citizens to discover wind energy across the world. This year an online action has been launched to put pressure on world leaders, ahead of the G8 summit on 17-18 June to keep their commitment to phase out fossil fuels and switch to renewable energy. The level of subsidies to fossil fuels has gone up by nearly 30% to $620 billion [1] since 2010 and today fossil fuels receive six times more subsidies than renewable energy [2] .

Brussels 13 June, FIGIEFA welcomes the proposal of the European Commission “concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall system”, as the eCall system will sig-nificantly contribute to the reduction of fatalities and the effects of serious injuries on Europe’s roads.

The mandatory building-in of telematics technology, which eCall is based on, into all new type ap-proved cars from 2015 onwards, will bring about significant benefits for consumers in terms of safety and complementary services.