The European Parliament's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) committee reached a worrying compromise on the reform of the Dublin II regulation yesterday.
Eurofound publishes its 3rd European Quality of Life Survey (3EQLS) ‘Impacts of the crisis on Europe's citizens: Trends in quality of life’ on Thursday 29 November 2012
Declines of quality of life in all EU Member States, alarming levels in some, survey says
In the weeks before Christmas, many parents will have the annual pleasure of choosing the right toys for their children. Although the new Toy Safety Directive, which entered into force in July 2011, certainly brought some improvements to toy safety in Europe, ANEC calls upon policy makers to take the health of children more seriously by significantly strengthening the chemical requirements for toys.
After the public consultation open from July to early October, the final version of the Energy-efficient Buildings PPP roadmap beyond 2013 is now available for final validation.
Dominique Reiniche, President of Coca-Cola Europe, has been elected president of UNESDA, the Union of European Beverages Associations, representing the non-alcoholic drinks industry in Europe. She succeeds Zein Abdalla, CEO of PepsiCo, with immediate effect and her tenure will run to May 2015.
Orgalime, the European engineering industries association, and ANEC, the European consumer voice in standardisation, are deeply concerned that the Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment is in the process of developing a harmonised methodology for the calculation of the environmental footprint of products, services and organisations with a view to assess, display and benchmark their environmental performance based on a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach.
Brussels, 22 November 2012: Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Energy, will host on 26 November 2012 a conference “The Future of refining in the EU: Safeguarding competitiveness” to identify means to address EU refining competitiveness challenges.