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Fisheries reform - EP votes for more transparent fish labels to promote more sustainable fish consumption

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

 

The European Parliament today voted on the first of a set of legislative proposals reforming the EU's Common Fisheries Policy (1). The Greens welcomed support for proposals to amend the draft legislation on market organisation to make labelling more transparent. Commenting after the vote, Greens/EFA fisheries spokesperson Isabella Lövin (MEP, Sweden) said:

Barroso SotEU: EPP President welcomes 'Decisive Deal for Europe'; Commission proposal for a statute on European political parties "a significant step forward"

Group of the European People’s Party

The President of the European People's Party (EPP), Wilfried Martens has welcomed President José Manuel Barroso's 'Decisive Deal for Europe' and the European Commission's proposal for a statute on European political parties:

Monti II: EPP Group welcomes the withdrawal of Monti II - decision shows national parliaments' growing role in EU legislation. Csaba Őry MEP and Andreas Schwab MEP

EPP Group in the European Parliament

"The EPP Group welcomes the European Commission's decision to withdraw its proposal for a Council Regulation on the exercise of the right to take collective action within the context of the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services, commonly known as the Monti II Regulation.

CEN and CENELEC welcome decision by Members of European Parliament to approve new EU Regulation on European Standardization

CEN and CENELEC

The European Standardization Committees CEN and CENELEC have welcomed the result of today’s vote at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where a massive majority of Members voted in favour of adopting a new Regulation on European Standardization. Some 95% of MEPs (639 out of 674 taking part in the vote) endorsed the amended legislative text, which was agreed during negotiations between the Parliament and the Council of the European Union.

MEPs demand solidarity-based Common Asylum System

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

"May this vote shake the talks on the asylum package as a whole" Cypriot GUE/NGL MEP Kyriacos Triantaphyllides said today after MEPs approved his report on enhanced solidarity in the field of asylum.
 

Energy efficiency - EP adopts crucial new law; swift implementation urged to maximise EU energy savings drive

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

The European Parliament today adopted new EU legislation on energy efficiency and savings (1). The EP's draftsperson/rapporteur, Green MEP Claude Turmes, welcomed the vote but called for swift implementation and the reorientation of public policy and funds to ensure these job-creating measures can be delivered. After the vote, the EP rapporteur/draftsperson Claude Turmes said:

Gender equality essential to green economy

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

"Parliament has taken on board the importance of a gender-equal green economy" Swedish GUE/NGL MEP Mikael Gustafsson said after the European Parliament backed his "role of women in the green economy" report this morning. 
 

Parliament report shows up member state complicity with CIA torture and kidnapping

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

MEPs today backed a report on human rights violations related to CIA activities and put forward concrete recommendations to the EU institutions to improve accountability five years after a special European Parliament committee investigated CIA abuses and illegal activities in EU Member States.
 

ANEC, ECOS and ETUI press release on the adoption of the Standardisation Regulation “Standards have to meet societal stakeholders’ needs”

ANEC - The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation

ANEC, ECOS and ETUI welcome today’s adoption of the Standardisation
Regulation1 by the European Parliament. We applaud the commitment of
the Parliament to support the continued financing of the public interest
in the private European Standardisation System, and to set expectations
for the strengthening of the voice of societal interests in the standards
development process. We urge the Council to concur.

Single energy label for heaters will help to achieve EU's energy saving target

EPEE - European Partnership for Energy and the Environment

Brussels, 10 September 2012 - EPEE/EHPA welcome the results of the exceptional stakeholder consultation, organised last Thursday by the European Commission’s DG Energy. It was greatly appreciated that Energy Commissioner Mr. Oettinger took the time to hear all stakeholders and to create the necessary transparency in this dossier. The outcome of the meeting made it clear that the majority of the stakeholders is in favour of maintaining the current proposal, establishing a single, technologically-neutral energy label for heaters.

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