IEE project will develop Cogeneration Roadmaps to stimulate the take-up of cogeneration in Europe

Providing national policy-makers with a practical tool to realise their country’s identified cogeneration potential is the central aim of a new European project launched on 1st July 2012. Over the next 30 months the CODE2 project will develop 27 National Cogeneration Roadmaps that will help to further improve the policy framework, market conditions and awareness around cogeneration in each EU Member State.

EuropaBio welcomes the eagerly anticipated Revision of the Clinical Trials Directive, published by the European Commission today.  This is a particularly timely subject for the healthcare biotechnology industry as currently there are more than 650 biotechnology medicines in clinical development.  Clinical trials are essential to the research and development of new and innovative medicines and are conducted to ensure that medicines have favourable benefit-risk, ensuring that they are safe and effective for patients to use.

Brussels (17/07/2012) – Fraternité 2020 is Europe’s very first citizens’ initiative. Its goal is to enhance EU exchange programmes – such as Erasmus or the European Voluntary Service – in order to build a united Europe based on solidarity among citizens. Following an offer by the Commission to set up the Online Collection System (OCS) it will be able to start collecting signatures around the end of August. Furthermore, the Commission announced an extension of the signature collection period for all registered ECIs.

On 11 July the Commission tabled proposals to cut average emissions from new cars to 95 grams of CO2 per km in 2020 from a mandatory target of 130g in 2015. Emissions from vans will be reduced to 147g CO2/km in 2020 from a mandatory target of 175g in 2017. “The 2020 targets are achievable, economically sound and cost effective: the technology is already available and affordable.