Ahead of the joint Trilogue meeting of 6 May on public procurement and concessions focusing on public-public cooperation, CEEP calls on the co-legislators to get the definition right as this is the major condition for a satisfactory compromise on both legislative proposals.
“The positive recognition of public-public cooperation in the EU secondary law is a major achievement, provided that the Trilogue is able to agree on an adequate EU definition, workable for all authorities and public services operators throughout the EU”, stated Valeria RONZITTI, General Secretary of CEEP.

Today, the Commission published its Food and Feed Safety package, which includes a legislative proposal on official controls for food and feed. The proposal introduces new concepts such as ensuring sufficient resources to implement official controls by transferring its costs to the private sector, transparency of control results, and the possibility for the Commission to introduce additional compulsory testing regimes in the food chain.

The Energy Efficient Buildings event hosted by MEP Maria da Graça Carvalho, Member of the Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE), together with the Energy Efficiency Buildings Association (E2BA) at the European Parliament in Brussels on April 23 brought together for the second time on the stage three Directorates-General of the European Commission, DG Research and Innovation, DG Connect and DG Energy. A strong participation of large industry, SMEs, academia, research centers, Regions representatives and a vast range of stakeholders

• ACCA welcomes proposed FRC move to give shareholders more information about the audit
• ACCA says proposals are ‘radical’

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has responded to the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) consultation on a revision to International Standard on Auditing (UK and Ireland) 700 The auditor’s report on financial statements.

In a meeting with the College of the European Commissioners today discussing the social dimension of EMU including the role of social dialogue, Hans-Joachim Reck, President of CEEP underlined the importance of strengthening the role of social partners in European policy-making, specifically in governance reforms as well as economic and social reforms. Mr Reck stated: “This is a question of the democratic accountability and legitimacy of the European Union which is needed now more than ever.”